Continued from here.

Other players are now welcome. The danger has passed. For now.Briefly, Vir closes his weary eyes. The last day and night have passed in a drug-induced blur periodically interrupted by bouts of violent sickness and painful muscle spasms which have only begun to subside in the last hour. Senna now sleeps beside him, her face ( Read more... )

Author’s Note: This scene takes place in 2258 between “Born to the Purple” and “Parliament of Dreams.”

VicesThe dim light of the club was hardly fit for a myopic young Centauri, so Vir heard the ambassador bellow his name before he saw him- and he stumbled several times over people and chair legs as he crossed the room, paperwork in hand, toward ( Read more... )