From the gallery above, Galentor noted her reaction, timed it from the video playback on the security monitors, and adjusted the odds on the board in front of him. On the main floor there was a flurry of new wagers.
Damn it! I know better than to be spooked by a f*****g little thing like that. So it looked close to human, and Loraine had been so proud of her eyes and the way the boys flirted with her about them—when there were any...Another goddamn human! What kind of military bastard would be assigned to a backwater like this one? Finally! The room! f*****g prissy son-of-a-b***h and his remodeling!
Jade entered the room with too-casual slowness. “I trust this humble person will not intrude, oh, shit.”
The room was empty.
Jade stepped around the two-meter spiral ramp that served as a c
