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19

Rose turned slowly. “How do I look?”

She’d washed the coloring agent from her hair; it was blonde and shining, hanging loose about her shoulders like a spill of liquid gold. Her face was fair and flushed with excitement, her eyes were blue again, sparkling with glee and malice. The shining black dress clung to her torso, swirled about her ankles.

“Barracuda will be enchanted.”

She laughed, it was a wild sound, rather like the cough of a cat on the hunt, big cat, lion lady, golden and ready. Kikun’s ears twitched and he was very glad he was dinhast and too alien to be her prey.

She looked at her ringchron. “Time. Let’s go.”

Barracuda opened the door. “Lovely,” he said. “You surprise me.”

“I hope so,” she said and moved toward him, forcing him to step aside.

Kikun tapped the trigger sensor, caught the man as he fell.

“Right.” Rose straightened. “Get that tray, Kuna, faster we move, the better.”