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she
said, hoping that it wasn’t that he was going to sell her anyway
and take all the money for himself.

    “ I can’t
pilot.”

    She had thought that they
would take Nostra’s ship but perhaps they were going to charter one
instead. That didn’t seem so bad.

    “ So?” she said,
struggling to keep up with him as he strode through the market. She
flinched every time that someone shoved her out of the way. Why was
she was being pushed around and he wasn’t? When she came up beside
him again, she realised that the answer to her question was simple.
He looked as though he was ready to kill anyone who came near
him.

    His eyes narrowed, his
black irises menacing in the low light. His jaw was set and his
black eyebrows met in a frown so intense that it was clear that
murder was on his mind. He bore his teeth at a passing group of
males who were staring in her direction and they avoided her
completely.

    “ We have to
take public transport,” he said over the noise of the
market.

    That didn’t sound so
bad.

    “ I can only
afford cargo class. We might be lucky.”

    Her face fell. That did
sound bad. Cargo class on a freighter out of this place was likely
to be an experience that she would never forget. It would round off
this nightmare perfectly. But she knew that Kosen would protect
her. He had been protecting her since they had first met and
something told her that nothing would change that now. Or would it?
Was he really going to stay with her after she had bought his
sisters back for him? Or was he using her as a means to an end? By
rescuing her, not only was he clearing his conscience a little, but
he was gaining his sisters freedom. Would he leave her?

    She pushed her dark
thoughts away and clung to Kosen’s hand. Her heart said to never
let it go. She didn’t want to let him go. He looked at her out of
the corner of her eye and she managed a smile. Now wasn’t the time
for such melancholy thoughts. They hadn’t escaped yet.

    “ I can live
with that. Where is the port?” She felt stupid for asking when he
pointed straight ahead of them and she saw the end of the
market.

    The dome that covered the
port was clear and she could see the stars. They were all wrong.
She couldn’t tell where they were. Kosen would know.

    “ What ship are
we getting?”

    “ One to
Minervan space.” The tone of his voice said that it wasn’t up for
discussion. The Minerva system was a long way from Lyra. She would
rather they were going in the direction of her home system, but she
wasn’t exactly in a position to argue with him. After all, he had
risked his life to save her and it was his money paying the
fare.

    Miali huddled close to him
as they entered the busy port. He went straight for the desk with
Minerva as a destination above it, not slowing down even when he
reached it. He pushed past everyone in the line and flashed a
charming smile at the Minervan female behind the desk. A flare of
jealously exploded inside Miali and she stepped up to stand beside
him so the female would see that he wasn’t alone. Miali didn’t pay
attention to the conversation that happened between them. For some
reason, she couldn’t stop looking at Kosen.

    He seemed so different
from the man that she had first met but at the same time, he seemed
unchanged. He was so confident and in control. He had risked his
life to set her free, had killed a man in order to do so, and there
wasn’t a hint of fear about him.

    He was so
strong.

    Her heart skipped a beat
and pounded hard when Kosen’s gaze slid to meet hers. He handed the
female some money and took the boarding papers from her. Without so
much as a backward glance at the Minervan female, he walked away,
taking Miali with him, his eyes not leaving hers.

    “ Dock eight.
The ship there is heading for Minerva Prime but will stop at
Minerva Eleven.”

    She realised what was
happening. He was trying to get to his sisters on Minerva
Seven.

    “ We have to
run,” he said and she