Holly thought that this would be the end of her direct association with the leading figures of the Rebellion. Okay, so she’d gone on a mission, saved the life of someone important and got a pat on the back from Arthur Madden, the great rebel leader himself. There wasn’t even a bonus or anything, but then the Rebellion was notoriously cash-strapped. And Holly thought, not for the first time, that signing up with them had been a bad idea. Though she couldn’t really change sides, not anymore. The Empire did not take kindly to rebels, regardless whether they’d done it for politics or profit.
Still, she fully expected that she’d go back to being just a regular mercenary again, used for the dirtiest and most unpleasant jobs and never trusted with anything important. Or anybody. She certainly di
