Ka'Cit's Haven (Riv’s Sanctuary #3)

As soon as he dropped down there, they were going to attack, he was sure.

He was an intruder, and they’d be bound to protect the ship and Herza.

He had two blasters on his hip with enough firepower to get him to the human and out the ship. He hoped that would be enough.

He suspected Herza would have put her in one of the holding cells in the upper sector.

As he stared at the Niftrills down below, he tried to find the one that had the information he needed.

No such luck.

They all looked the same from overhead.

Once he went in, he just had to hope that he saw the Niftrill he needed in the process.

If not…

Well, he’d never failed to deliver on a job before. He’d find a way.

Plus, he wouldn’t think about that right now.

One thing at a time.

The ship jerked and he almost lost his balance and slid off the side of it.

As he clung on to the ship and regained his balance, a chuckle developed within his belly.

He must have a death wish.

The last time he’d hung on to the side of a ship, he’d told himself it would have been his last.

So much for keeping promises.

He could feel the vibration beneath him, a dull hum.

He didn’t have much time.

The ship was already starting to hover off the ground.

Ka’Cit pulled a smoke canister from his pocket and held it in one hand.

With the Niftrills’ poor eyesight, he could probably get away with using the dimness of the ship to his advantage, but he’d use the smoke canister anyway.

It would make his plan foolproof.

He’d open the hatch.

Drop the canister.

The smoke would fill the lower sector. He’d then have to trigger a lockdown of the lower sector and shut the Niftrills in. Ships of this make were originally built to carry prisoners. Each sector had a lockdown mechanism the guards could trigger easily. When the ships were converted to carry cargo, almost all of them kept the lockdown triggers for one simple reason—it was cheaper to do so.

The lockdown would last for a few minutes—giving him time to head to the upper sector, where he knew Herza must have put the human.

All he had to do when he found her was escape through the cargo drop in the upper sector. There was a chute there.

And the Niftrill he needed to speak to…

Phek.