Chapter 53

Trying not to panic, I focused on what I could hear. The mechanic was making enough noise that at least every few minutes I could hear him as he got on with the task.

As time ticked by, I began to ache, the areas of me resting on containers hurting the most. Now and then I tried to shift, but I was wedged in around the contents of the cargo box and wary of making too much noise.

I froze and strained my ears to hear as I heard someone bang loudly on the side of the hull.

"Coming!" the mechanic yelled. Once more I heard his footsteps as he came through to the cargo hold and moved to the hatch. It opened with a lot more noise.

"Enforcers?" the Frentin engineer said in a slightly higher pitch. "What can I do to help you?"

"We're looking for the slave who used to own t