Page 29 of Shavin's Mate
“As I have,” Sahvin said, gently squeezing my hand. “My purpose in contacting the Alliance is to warn them about the Pican slavers and the Sargus Empire. I didn’t realize that Empire territory so closely bordered the Alliance.”
“Once you get them the info on the jammers the Picans use the Alliance can probably put a stop to their invasions,” Pyrr said.
“That would be nice,” Scarlet said, “I wonder how many more lives those slimy fish faces have stolen.”
“We’ll probably find some more along the way,” Harper said.
“And we will help them all the best we can,” said Maktu. He paused for a moment then added, “I’m sorry we didn’t have better news for you ladies. That’s why we didn’t tell you sooner. We wanted to make sure we had accurate information before we got your hopes up.”
“But the bottom line is that it’s not likely we can go back to Earth,” Harper finished for him.
“I think we’ve all pretty much accepted that,” Zoe said. “It is a little comfort to know that Earth is no longer a world no one ever heard of.”
We nodded and started talking about other things. As I thought about Earth regarding our situation, I likened it to trying to get to Rome via Red China in a single-engine plane. Not impossible, but only on the very edge of the realm of possibility.
As far as I was concerned, we were home with these four men.
