River gave a sigh of utter pleasure as she sipped the hot tea. She had showered, changed into some clean clothes, and eaten. She was still tired, but she felt better than she had in over three weeks. After the little incident in the medical unit, River, Jo, and Star had been escorted to a small room where River had taken the opportunity to wash the smell of smoke from her body. Jo and Star had filled her in on what had happened after they had separated to carry out their plan of attack on the Tearnat’s warship. They told her how frantic they had been when River hadn’t shown up as planned and how Torak had literally freaked out when River hadn’t returned.
Torak had ordered an extensive search for River after Manota and Gril Tal Mod had arrived with reinforcements. After almost two and a ha
