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- Giovanni Guareschi [Don Camillo 01] The Little World of Don Camillo (pdf)
- Christine Young [Highland 01] Highland Honor (pdf)
- Angela Verdenius [Heart & Soul 16] Soul of a Guardian (pdf)
- Chalker Jack L W Świecie Studni 5 Zmierzch przy Studni Dusz (pdf)
- Dahlia Rose, Brenda Steele, Regina Paul, Dorian Wallace Mating Season (anth.) (pdf)
- Cooper McKenzie [Menage Amour 161 Club Esotera 03] Minding Mistress (pdf)
- Dena Garson [Emerald Isle Fantasies 03] Ghostly Persuasion [EC Twilight] (pdf)
- 33 1 3 087 Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson Darran Anderson (pdf)
- Alan Burt Akers [Dray Prescot 07] Arena of Antares (pdf)
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case, it was good to see you again, Daegon. My regards to your mother.
And with a dismissive wave, the elder turned away.
Bosaru stared at his back, then smiled. I got you, he whispered.
He knew why the elder was here.
The elder knew Verot was hiding here, probably knew he had been hiding there all
these years and he was here for a meeting.
Why the politico was here now suddenly brought so many more questions.
Dec Mecahe had placed a finger across his lips when Bosaru was taking a leave of
absence, indicating the office was most likely bugged. Was this part of that?
Thonoy was waiting at the end of the platform when Bosaru returned, his broad
face filled with questions of his own. Who was that?
Bosaru glanced over his shoulder, where the elder was almost hidden by his
followers, surrounded by them protectively. He knew my father, he said. And I have
my doubts he s here for the weather. I think he s here to meet with the same man we
are.
Thonoy s eyes bulged. Others know? he exclaimed before lowering his voice,
looking around cautiously. But V but he told us no one else knew, that we were the
only ones.
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He would tell that to everyone, Bosaru said. He s going to be picking up the
elder from the Amalgamation parliament in his cab. Let s get into position.
There was a small outcropping by which the hover cabs passed in order to get into
position for the cab stand. Originally, Thonoy explained, it had been designed for a
waiting cab to be okayed for duty, whether for cleanliness, to make sure there was
enough fuel, to make sure the cabbie s license was up to date, etc. But in recent years,
the outcropping had gone into disuse, with no one using it for its original purpose. For
all Thonoy knew, no one took care of such things anymore but that too was suspect.
Maybe a lot more people knew about Verot, Bosaru guessed. No wonder this
planet s been ignored for so long. The more attention it got, the more likely it was that
Verot s continued existence would be known. So it was in the best interests of a lot of
people, including Verot, for this piece of rock to get overlooked and forgotten.
Thonoy s eyes couldn t have gotten wider. We thought it was because we were
cursed. That we were suffering because of what had happened during the war.
Bosaru shook his head. Neoti and Vozuans alike were suffering because of a war
criminal and politicians who were in cahoots.
The outcropping was big enough to hide even Thonoy, who was surprisingly adept
in making himself as small as possible. Trickier to hide was Bosaru, who had to be in
just the right place to be as close as possible to the cab when it drove up. At the end he
split the difference there was just enough of him that was visible to be overlooked if
he stayed still enough.
A faint whirr alerted him to the reader board change. He looked up just as Thonoy
looked up and said, Another cab is coming, Daegon, but it s not Verot s.
This will be a good test, then, Bosaru said, getting as close to the edge of the
outcropping as possible and still being able to see.
The cab they could see speeding and veering in the distance was clearly not
Verot s it was clean and had no dents but as it came closer, Bosaru tensed and said,
Get ready, Thonoy. That s got to be him.
But it s not his cab!
Nobody else drives that badly get ready!
The cab got closer and closer, and by the time it got near the outcropping, they
could see the face of the driver. It is him, Thonoy shouted.
Get ready!
The cab slowed down to get in line, and Bosaru took that moment to jump on its
roof. Verot looked up and for a second their eyes met before Verot snarled, yelled
something that Bosaru couldn t hear, and broke away from the line, rolling the cab in an
effort to knock Bosaru off.
Aim for the energy pack, Bosaru yelled at Thonoy, who started to fire. Thonoy,
who clearly was not used to firing a weapon of any kind, needed practice. Lots of
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