Page 58 of Neverwylde 6
“Skints lie. Do not believe anything she says.”
“Then why did she come with him?”
“To spy on us?”
“Or he was using her as his concubine.” The Seneecian laughed. The translator interpreted it with the sound ofuh, uh, uh.
“She defends him. She acts like one who is Confirmed.”
“It is an act. The sooner we are rid of her, the sooner we can return to Seneecia and dispose of the traitor’s body where the populace can cheer his demise.”
A voice came over inter-ship communications, addressing D’har Stek. The man went over to the wall to answer it. The translator was unable to hear Stek’s conversation, but when he was finished, he signaled to Duruk, and the two D’hars left the room.
Goolith walked over to her dome, noticing she was still awake. After a quick examination of her readout, a frown crossed his face, which quickly disappeared. “How are you feeling?” he asked through the transparent covering. Kelen noted he spoke Seneecian and continued to stare up at him without replying.
The man touched the side of his head where the entrance to his inner ear canal was located, as Seneecians did not have a distinguishable outer ear or lobe. “The computer has tagged a device in your ear,” he continued in Seneecian. “I am guessing it is a translator.” When Kelen continued to remain mum, he nodded. “Do not worry. I will not betray your secret.”
Unable to resist, she retorted. “Why not? I am your enemy.” She could sense a fine mist being released into her dome. Its slightly antiseptic odor told her she was being cleansed to prevent her wounds from becoming infected. It also turned her muscles into jelly, and she could feel herself drifting off again.
“Your bravery,” Goolith replied as she gradually lost consciousness. “Only a Confirmed would accompany her mate into death’s mouth.”
The mist overtook her before she had the chance to respond.
