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Prologue
Personal files of Ricon
Pilot’ s Log
We were en route to Bracks when we were derailed. Something—and I still don’t know what—took control of the ship. We’ve picked up a human off an Arrkanian vessel. My current investigation is showing that he was paid to dispose of the human. The curious thing about this is the location. Normal hits don’t include a specific longitude and latitude with the directionsdo not look at the target.What was so special about this human? Chex seems entranced by her.
Pilot’s log
Her friend is pretty. Orequin keeps teasing me.
Pilot’s log
She’s gone and Orequin keeps saying it’s the mate bond.
Pilots Log
It’s worse than we suspected: The Lady Heather was her mother. Things are about to change in the universe.
A few weeks ago . . .
Chloe
My best friend is gone.
I’m staying at her house. There were some years I lived here with her when . . . things weren’t good at home. This was fine. She had her streaming services pre-paid for six months. So now I’m house sitting and waiting to see if she’ll message me again. Something was wrong. I could feel it in my bones. The way she left, how no one could find her. It sounded suspicious. I didn’t like it. But if she doesn’t want to tell me about it, it’s not my prerogative to get her to tell the truth.
I just hope she is safe.
Even if she’s lying.
Chapter 1
Chloe
After Andy’s first video call after her disappearance.
You have a friend request.
I opened my app and looked at the request. It was from a ‘Ric Mynz.’ The profile picture showed a man with long brown hair and rich brown eyes. There was something off in the picture. It was probably a filter. But with AI making its rounds in AI-generated profile pictures, it could be a fake. I hit message and typed,Hi there. Do I know you?
After a few moments, I got a response:
Ric
I’m a friend of Andy’s. I know this is forward to befriend you like this. I don’t really have a good excuse. You piqued my curiosity. I saw you when you were face chatting with her.
I bit my lip as I pondered if I should keep his contact and let him compliment me to death. I did ask her to give them my number for emergencies. Maybe she did? It didn’t sound like she would do that, though. Andy said she was far away so it’s not like I would ever meet the guy. I hit accept on the app. I leaned back on the bed and decided to chat with Ric. This would be better than doom scrolling on my phone.
Me
Don’t make me regret friending you. No creepy stuff.
Ric
Warrior’s promise.
Me
