Chapter Eight
When Jas arrived at her office aboard the Thylacine, a mail from Pacheco was awaiting her. He was requesting a face-to-face meeting, but this time he would come to her. The time he proposed was soon.
Jas sent her acceptance. The timing wasn’t great—she would have preferred longer to prepare her thoughts—but she was glad that the admiral had taken her concerns about the Shadow ship seriously. She left a note on the general system to say where she could be found, and waited.
The green motes of the gateway appeared in the air in the corner of her office. When the spiral was swirling strongly, the black-uniformed leg of the admiral appeared, soon followed by the rest of his body. He gave her a nod and took off his hat. Behind him, the gateway disappeared like water running dow
