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happening high above them.
    He turned, his hand already running through the information on scheduled departures at the same time as he sent a level five alert with information about the abduction of High Councilman Kordon Jefe’s daughter and the attack on him and his family to Rorrak and other members of the council Rorrak assured him could be trusted.
    “What is his condition?” Bazteen Jefe demanded immediately over the connection. “Additional guards are on their way.”
    “Lock down all departures,” Krac responded. “I was able to kill one of the attackers. The healer is working on Kordon.”
    He paused inside the door of the healer’s office. Gracie sat on the floor next to Kordon’s head. She was gently stroking his hair and face with one hand while Adam’s small body was tucked against her with the other. The healer was speaking quietly into her comlink while placing a stabilizer over the large wound to his chest.
    “Krac?” Gracie whispered, looking up at him with eyes filled with a quiet grief. “Is she…? Is she…?”
    “No,” Krac interrupted harshly. “They took her. They will not harm her, Gracie. They wanted you. They will use her to get to you. They cannot do that if they harm her. Will he live?” He asked the healer.
    “Yes,” the healer replied with determination. “I will not lose him. I have an emergency team that should be here any moment.”
    The sound of running feet echoed before her words finished leaving her lips. Krac turned immediately and scanned those coming in. He stood to the side as Kordon was lifted onto a stretcher and a portable life support was attached to him. One of the medics who came in bent and carefully helped Gracie up.
    “Krac, find her for us,” Gracie whispered as she watched their healer nod for the group to move toward the lift. “Please… please find her and bring her ho… home.”
    “I will find her, Gracie,” Krac promised. “I will find her and I will kill every one of those responsible for this.”
    “I can’t… I can’t lose them,” Gracie choked out, holding Adam closer against her. “I can’t. Not after losing everything else. Even Murphy can’t be that cruel.”
    “Murphy?” Krac asked, puzzled.
    “Murphy’s Law,” Gracie mumbled. “I have to go with him. I love him so much. Find Violet, Krac. I’m trusting you. You are the only one right now that I can trust to find her and bring her home safely.”
    Krac watched as Gracie hurried after the small group who surrounded Kordon. Bazteen and Saffron, Kordon’s younger brother, had appeared and quickly wrapped Gracie safely between them. He would look for clues here before anyone else could disrupt the scene. He would start with the male he had killed and then the nurse who had betrayed them. He hoped she was still alive, at least until he was finished with her.
     

Chapter 7
    Two weeks later: Pyrus Spaceport
    “I swear I’m going to kill her,” Froget muttered as he searched another crowded bar. “If I’m going to die anyway, I might as well have a good reason for it. Maybe I’ll be lucky and Ti’Death will just shoot me.”
    “What’s that, Frog?” The huge yellow and black bartender asked. “I didn’t hear what you wanted.”
    “My name is Froget! Not Frog, Froget!” Froget growled as he hopped up onto the tall stool. “Have you seen Skeeter?”
    Hornet’s antennas flickered madly for several seconds before he shook his head. “Gods no! I haven’t seen her since she was here a few weeks back. It took me that long to get the rest of the tables repaired. What are you doing with Skeeter?” He asked innocently, not wanting Froget to know he had been the one to recommend him to Ti’Death.
    “I need a Reptilian Runner,” Froget sighed loudly. “I’m her new co-pilot. Or I was as of yesterday. I’m probably going to be dead tomorrow if I don’t find her.”
    Hornet set a large glass with blue flames burning on the top of it in front of Froget with a look