Page 80 of Stealing Jia

Trayon growled deep in his chest.“Nothing. He was found dead in his cell.”

“And I bet Rakk had just been there.”

“He had.”

Rage burned through me and I wanted nothing more than to end him. The greedy bastard had aided the Rodan and for what? Credits? “How did Rakk get Lipas and the creature onboard our ship?”

“We will soon find out,”Trayon promised.

Dad appeared next to me and whistled. “If I hadn’t seen it myself, I’d never believed it.”

“The twins were feeling a bit peckish,”I commented dryly.

“I can see that.”

Zarek teleported in with Sariel. They stared at Rakk for a moment.

“A unique solution,” Sariel commented.

Everyone moved over as the Gorum squeezed into the room.

“Incredible. We had heard Tabor children were deadly,” Bebo said.

I shifted Cason to my hip.“You have no idea of what they can do when properly motivated. Just ask Zarek.”

“They are resourceful,” Zarek conceded.

Loki and Ivan entered the mess hall.

Pepe growled at them.

“Sssh.”

“No like.”

He had a point. Which side were they on? “It’s okay. They’ll behave and if not, they’re on the Tabor’s dinner menu too.”

Loki and Ivan eyed me as if I had suddenly sprouted horns.

I bared my teeth in a semblance of a smile. “But you’re not foolish enough to follow in Rakk’s footsteps, are you?”

“No, my lady, we are not,” Loki answered.

“Good.” I turned my attention to Trayon. “I think being eaten by the Tabors is the appropriate punishment for a traitor.”

“I agree,”Trayon said.

A pitiless smile pulled at Zarek’s mouth. “I need to interrogate him first, then he is theirs.”

“Geepa,” Cason gurgled happily and held out his arms to Trayon.

Trayon took him from me. “My little warrior pursuing the enemy before he can walk.”

“What did you expect? He carries our genes,”Sariel said proudly.

What had brought about Sariel’s sudden change of heart? I picked up Pepe. “I’ll take the kids back to our quarters and let Zarek do what he must.”

“I will escort you,”Dad said.

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