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Chap.366 Double Cross By the egg, Merrick, you can’t be serious, he thought. I’ve never beheaded anyone in my life. Nor do you deserve it. After these shocked, emotional thoughts, Lord T’balt found his voice. The audience was just beginning to murmur when he said, “Rise, Merrick, if you can. Yvanna lives.” The elderly man…

Chap. 365 The Dragon Headed Cane “Sir, if I add some extra information?” Jansen said. “Please, ma’am.” “Of the intercepted messages, one was a drawing of a man with a cane. Given that the drawings Yvanna sent obviously had significance, I’m wondering if, when she said, “he’s escaped,” if she didn’t mean that man. It…

Chap. 364 The Briefing Most of the people still in the auditorium had removed their slickers after entering, never dreaming they’d get wet INSIDE. “I’d planned on staying, one said, “but seeing as to how I’m wet, I may as well be wet at work. I’ll find out the whole thing later on.” Lord Lytol…

Chap. 363 The Scoundrel Absconds “I know it’s getting warm in here,” T’balt said, “as our engineers haven’t quite figured out how to get the ventilation system to work. So if you all grant me some patience, we’ll get through this headcount just as quickly as possible.” He paused as a peal of thunder drowned…

Chap. 362 Herding Cats “I’m confused, K’ndar,” Rahman, the astronomer and chief of astronomical research, “why am I heading for Landing when I and my team have already been counted via datalink?” “Sir,” K’ndar said, wanting to be in the air and between before the sun set on Western Continent, “The Council has called for…

Chap. 361 Evading the Noose I am so grateful I don’t work in either Admin or Data, Raylan reflected, as he trudged to his quarters. He felt a hundred years old. I’ve been up since 0300, why, I don’t know because as Science Division, I have nothing to do with programming computers. But when I’m…

Chap. 360 The Prime Key K’ndar looked with misgivings at Jansen’s computer terminal. “Turing, what is going on?” he asked it. It blandly ignored him. On impulse, he pulled his datalink and thumbed it awake. Let’s see what happens if I send a message. Who should I send it to? Duh, make it simple. Jansen…

Chap. 359 The Spy in the Machine K’ndar had not been back to Landing more than half an hour-long enough for him to get a badly needed shower-when Raventh touched him. Kelso is here. Huh! Where is he? Outside the bay. Siskin is with him. He’s still wary of coming into the bay. Why is…

Chap. 358 The Artistic Assistant “I am not sure just how to feel,” Lizard said. K’ndar had helped him down from Raventh’s back. Their fire lizards immediately began to swoop over the tall grass, hunting. The trader stood, hands on hips, surveying something he’d never dreamed of owning not three days ago. This is mine?…

Chap. 357 Bolster 270° They landed in what was obviously a dragon bowl. Having never been there before, K’ndar immediately requested authorization from the watch dragon. The conversation was by necessity shouted, as the watch dragon was on the rim of the palisades. K’ndar noticed the dragon stones and immediately memorized them. “K’ndar, rider of…