SHAYN KEPT HIS EYE out for the Oscavian man for the next few days, and he saw him on occasion. Was it enough to believe he was following them? Not really. But could he have been surveilling them? Possibly. There were thousands of people on the ship and Shayn saw at least a few of them more than once, and the Oscavian was one of those that seemed to keep showing up. Shayn was almost tempted to go up to him and strike up a conversation, see how that turned out, but he didn’t know if the man had friends and he wasn’t willing to risk it, not when he had Naomi to look after.
Naomi wasn’t willing to leave their room for long stretches of time, concerned that the man would snatch her up if he got too close. Shayn tried to convince her that wasn’t likely, but she felt safer in the room and there
