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CHAPTER FIFTEEN:

The grating, luckily for them, was not welded in place. It was affixed with four screws, one of which was cross-threaded and took some time.

“We won’t be able to screw it back into place after ourselves,” Ryn observed, feeling a ( Read more... )

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN:Anakin’s perceptions seemed to be restricted by the collar around his neck, so Ryn tried to center herself, despite the tranquilizer humming in her blood, and stretch out with her “extra” sense to figure out what was going on. It ( Read more... )

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Author's note: Supershort chapter this time. Sorry 'bout that. It didn't seem to belong anywhere else, so it's a chapter on its own.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: CaptiveAnakin bit back a groan as he hit the floor and rolled. It was too dim to see much of the ( Read more... )

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CHAPTER ELEVENBy the time Ryn exited the ‘fresher -- in newly unscented clothes and combing her long hair out with her fingers -- Anakin was putting the final touches on the AED locator ( Read more... )

CHAPTER NINE:

Alone with her, Cam looked mutinous. Ryn ignored that.

“Do you know if the rooms are bugged for sound? Or monitored in some way?”

“How should I know? I’m never even been here before. I was in a holding cell in Ziro’s compound until an hour ago.” He glanced at the wall chrono. “Make that two.” His scowl deepened. “I’d rather ( Read more... )

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CHAPTER EIGHTRyn hadn’t been crazy about the Podracing arenas on Malastare. They were filthy, dnagerous, and full of criminals. But at least they were mostly intact and hadn’t reeked of ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: I still don't own Star Wars.  Pity.  But Ryn and this story belong to me.  I'm feeling very possessive of them.  It's most un-Jedi of me, but there it is.

CHAPTER FIVE

Ryn took a series of public transits to Ziro the Hutt’s Coruscant offices, a set of route changes and kicking her heels at the transit stops that took the better part of ( Read more... )