Forty
They bound Daman’s hands behind him, wrapping the cord tight round his body. Ryann let Farrell do this, and it didn’t bother her that he was pulling too tight.
Daman grunted when the cord bit into him, and he cursed and swore. He blathered about them making a big mistake, and yelled that they were all going to die. He said none of them would get off Haven.
Just like he’d said nobody was going to reach Metis. And like he’d told Arela that she, personally, would never escape.
He’d been right on that score, because he’d made certain she died. Just like he made the first Hermes crash. But Ryann had the advantage now. Without his Preben and his sidekick, he was nothing.
Murdoch was out cold, and on Ryann’s instructions he’d been trussed up. Already, his face was coming up in the mult
