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Kevlin. Suddenly, she tripped for no apparent reason. She fell to the floor, banging her head against a shelf. She let out a short yelp of pain, one hand flying to the side of her head. One deft stroke with the blade and her scalp began to bleed profusely. Mara’s eyes rolled up into her head and she fell back to the floor with another bang, flicking the blade beneath the shelf behind her with a practiced gesture.
“Mara!” Kevlin yelled, rushing to her side. He knelt down beside her, his hands hovering over her prone body indecisively. He had no idea what to do.
“Mara? Wake up,” he urged, close to panic as he watched the blood begin to seep into a puddle around her head. But Mara did not wake up. She remained motionless and limp on the floor.
“Excuse me, Sir,” a new voice said.
Kevlin looked up to see two guards standing behind him.
“If you will step back, we may be able to help her,” the female guard said. Kevlin quickly got to his feet and moved away, more than willing to let someone else take over. He watched anxiously as the guards knelt down beside Mara and began checking her.
“She is unconscious and has a head injury,” the female said to Kevlin. “We have med-techs on the way.”
“Med-techs?” Kevlin asked numbly. What the hell was he going to do? There was no possible way that Stalnek would wait for Mara. Nor was there any way that he could pick the woman up and carry her back to the yacht. She weighed more than he did.
Kevlin stepped away from the commotion on the floor and tapped his vox.
“What?” Stalnek barked in his ear. “Are you back on board yet?”
“No, Sir,” Kevlin replied. “Mara had an accident. She fell down and cracked her head. She’s unconscious and bleeding profusely. Med techs are on the way and I do not know what to do.”
There was a long silence that was so heavy Kevlin barely breathed. “Leave her,” Stalnek decided.
“Leave her?” Kevlin asked, dumbfounded. “You want me to just leave her here?”
“Why not?” Stalnek replied. “She’s of no use to us now. The Jasani certainly aren’t going to welcome her back, and she’s told us all she knows. I don’t want to risk being here any longer than we have to, so get your ass back to the yacht. Now.”
“Yes, Sir,” Kevlin replied reluctantly. He hard the click that indicated Stalnek had disconnected and tapped his vox off and sighed. Poor Mara. She had not wanted to leave the yacht, but had done so just to help him out. Now she would awaken to find herself abandoned on this deep space station, with no money, no idea where to go, and no friends.
When Kevlin hurried back to where Mara had fallen, he was shocked to see that the med-techs had arrived, and that they already had her on a stretcher and were preparing to take her away.
“Wait, please,” he called. The med-techs stopped, looking up at him in surprise.
Kevlin took his pay-card from his pocket and slipped it into Mara’s jacket pocket. “I’m sorry, Mara,” he said softly before backing away. He felt a little better knowing she had some money at least.
“Sir, we must take her to the med-center,” one of the med-techs said. “You can come and see her as soon as we have her stabilized.
“Yes, go ahead,” Kevlin said. “I’ll be there as soon as I can.”
A few moments later, Kevlin retrieved his purchases from the scan counter and headed back across the station toward the yacht. He felt terrible about leaving Mara behind this way. It was wrong, and he knew it, but he had no choice but to follow Stalnek’s orders.
On the other hand, she would probably be better off here, he decided. He’d been worried about what would happen to her once they reached Onddo anyway.
Feeling a little better, Kevlin picked up his step. Ten minutes later, the yacht pulled out of the docking slot and resumed its journey to Onddo, leaving
“Mara!” Kevlin yelled, rushing to her side. He knelt down beside her, his hands hovering over her prone body indecisively. He had no idea what to do.
“Mara? Wake up,” he urged, close to panic as he watched the blood begin to seep into a puddle around her head. But Mara did not wake up. She remained motionless and limp on the floor.
“Excuse me, Sir,” a new voice said.
Kevlin looked up to see two guards standing behind him.
“If you will step back, we may be able to help her,” the female guard said. Kevlin quickly got to his feet and moved away, more than willing to let someone else take over. He watched anxiously as the guards knelt down beside Mara and began checking her.
“She is unconscious and has a head injury,” the female said to Kevlin. “We have med-techs on the way.”
“Med-techs?” Kevlin asked numbly. What the hell was he going to do? There was no possible way that Stalnek would wait for Mara. Nor was there any way that he could pick the woman up and carry her back to the yacht. She weighed more than he did.
Kevlin stepped away from the commotion on the floor and tapped his vox.
“What?” Stalnek barked in his ear. “Are you back on board yet?”
“No, Sir,” Kevlin replied. “Mara had an accident. She fell down and cracked her head. She’s unconscious and bleeding profusely. Med techs are on the way and I do not know what to do.”
There was a long silence that was so heavy Kevlin barely breathed. “Leave her,” Stalnek decided.
“Leave her?” Kevlin asked, dumbfounded. “You want me to just leave her here?”
“Why not?” Stalnek replied. “She’s of no use to us now. The Jasani certainly aren’t going to welcome her back, and she’s told us all she knows. I don’t want to risk being here any longer than we have to, so get your ass back to the yacht. Now.”
“Yes, Sir,” Kevlin replied reluctantly. He hard the click that indicated Stalnek had disconnected and tapped his vox off and sighed. Poor Mara. She had not wanted to leave the yacht, but had done so just to help him out. Now she would awaken to find herself abandoned on this deep space station, with no money, no idea where to go, and no friends.
When Kevlin hurried back to where Mara had fallen, he was shocked to see that the med-techs had arrived, and that they already had her on a stretcher and were preparing to take her away.
“Wait, please,” he called. The med-techs stopped, looking up at him in surprise.
Kevlin took his pay-card from his pocket and slipped it into Mara’s jacket pocket. “I’m sorry, Mara,” he said softly before backing away. He felt a little better knowing she had some money at least.
“Sir, we must take her to the med-center,” one of the med-techs said. “You can come and see her as soon as we have her stabilized.
“Yes, go ahead,” Kevlin said. “I’ll be there as soon as I can.”
A few moments later, Kevlin retrieved his purchases from the scan counter and headed back across the station toward the yacht. He felt terrible about leaving Mara behind this way. It was wrong, and he knew it, but he had no choice but to follow Stalnek’s orders.
On the other hand, she would probably be better off here, he decided. He’d been worried about what would happen to her once they reached Onddo anyway.
Feeling a little better, Kevlin picked up his step. Ten minutes later, the yacht pulled out of the docking slot and resumed its journey to Onddo, leaving
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