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Chapter 136

"Poh," he said. When she lifted her chin toward him, he pointed at me. "Keep yourselves hidden behind your chameleon camouflage. Do not separate. And take care of each other."

Poh cut her yellow gaze to me, a sincere promise written all over her battered face. "I swear I will, Captain."

For the next two days, the ship was chaos, full of last-minute planning, changes to those plans, and me with my ear to the walls, listening. Once again, I didn't trust the ship I'd grown used to, but I didn't hear any more footsteps that weren't caused by someone I could see. It was just us, alone.

Crispin had promised to look after Pop, just in case, while the rest of us went to Wix. We took one of Parker's small cruisers instead of his giant spaceship. A stealthier decision.