Kris Longknife's Bloodhound

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Kris Longknife stood alone in the middle of her prison.

So what else was new?

That her prison was an admiral’s in port cabin didn’t calm the roiling of her emotions.  Her mouth was dry and her stomach seemed ready to leap out of her mouth.

She had failed.

Not only had she failed to meet with her Grandfather Al, she’d almost gotten her best friends killed.

Jack killed!

They were just getting to know each other and one of her wild goose chases had damn near gotten Jack and Penny gassed!

What was even a Longknife doing with Serin gas!  Much less using it on three stories of his penthouse offices.

Kris wanted to scream.

What she really wanted to do was crawl back into Jack’s arms and pretend the world wasn’t there.

Better yet, pretend that she hadn’t just turned herself over to Musashi justice.  Justice that could end with her kneeling, waiting for the headsman’s cut.

The back of her neck itched.  She didn’t scratch it.

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