Egregious Klink beat her then, forcing Riyena and myself to watch. Very secret mission.”
The smaller, groomed man, Gork, touches my breast. “What the fuck?” the man filming says, and our view pans up to give a view not of Ja-Alixxe, but of what’s behind the rutting couple. “Shall we try your Reflex?” Riyena taunts, and I feel the most fear I’ve experienced since arriving here. “Graduation presents, slaves,” he taunts. And only one was Kachyn. The Slaver faction leader Cronorgan greets Salarin like an old friend. For three months I co-operated with everything they asked. The ship’s docking bay is my last moment on the safe territory of my homeworld, and then stepping between the two female guards I find myself under the laws Merlon Starbase, where men are unpacified and I’m an unwilling subject of their desire. Her face looms over me, and she looks quite insane with the delusion of victory. I take out my holo-communicator and try to patch through to Gara, but there is no connection. I feel faint with horror. I’m running, streaking stark naked towards the barren terrain of The Zone before I know it.
