Deadly Game
Under the high collar of the shirt, the warmth of Malakai’s mouth still burned on my lips, a phantom heat that seemed entirely out of place in the wet, dark wasteland of the shipyard.
I checked my wrist terminal.
00:23:14
Time to target: 06:46
I had six minutes to reach the rusted shipping container in Sector 4, secure the medical drop from Zero, and get back before Malakai’s fever spiked again. He had promised to stay on the cot, but I knew the man too well now. He wouldn't lie still. He was a predator who had just discovered his mate was a wolf, not a lamb.
I moved with absolute silence, a shadow among shadows. I bypassed the main shipping lanes, sticking to the narrow lanes between stacke