Chapter Fifteen Manota stood in his living quarters looking out of the virtual viewport. They would be entering a section of space known for pirate raids on unprepared freighter traffic. He didn’t think it likely they would be attacked, but he was not going to leave it to chance. The Seeker was a smaller Kassisan warship but it was still a deadly one. Most pirates would not even think of attacking such a vessel even if it was traveling alone. He looked down at the drink in his hand and sighed. It had been almost two and a half weeks since the night of the first performance. He had asked Jo countless questions about what happened and how they did the things they did. All she would do was smile and laughingly tell him that if she told him how it was done, she would have to kill him. She ha