Chapter 5
The Tr’lirians Killian sent to the morgue wore grim expressions when they returned and marched across the room to report to him. They conferred in quiet tones on the other side of the room from where we waited making stilted small talk with Chris.
After five minutes of this Sam strode forward. ‘Enough chit chat. What have you got?’
Killian was not pleased by the interruption but Sam showed no sign of being intimidated by the black look sent his way.
Killian dismissed the Tr’lirians and waited until they had left the room before turning back to Sam. ‘Very well, detective, here is what I know. The men are not Tr’lirian, but they are known to me.’
‘How, exactly?’
‘I had business dealings with them, five days ago. Afterwards I assumed they had returned to New South Wales, where
