“They weren’t using it,” Jin protested. “It was just sitting there.”
Kira’s head thunked onto the table. “Which did you get the tolial from?”
Jin’s answer was filled with sulkiness. “Roake.”
Kira breathed a sigh of relief. At least it wasn’t the worst-case scenario.
She looked up at Finn. “How much is it if I were to buy it from Roake?”
Finn’s expression was heavy. “Two hundred veryls.”
“What does that amount to in the Consortium’s currency?”
“Two million credits.”
Kira’s breath stuttered in her chest as Raider choked.
“How much did you say?”
“Two million.”
Kira blinked rapidly at him. Even if she were to work a thousand lifetimes, she didn’t think she’d be able to come up with that much money.
It was an impossible amount.
Jin backed away as Kira pinned him with a look.
Was there a stronger word for death? Because that was what she planned to do with him.
“Now, Nixxy,” Jin started.
“You’re going to put this back where you found it,” she said through clenched teeth.
“I can’t,” Jin confessed. “Once the process has been started, I can’t return the material to its original state.”
Ah.
Kira figured out the word she wanted.
Extermination.
That’s what she was about to do to him. Exterminate him so thoroughly that even his ancestors felt it.
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Kira hurried through the halls toward the training room, knowing she was running the risk of being late.
“I think you’re worrying for nothing,” Jin said, speeding after her.
Kira was irritated to see the gem snake riding on the top of his sphere, its head lifted as it stared around in fascination.
“Roake isn’t going to just look past the theft of something as priceless as what you used in that thing’s body.” Kira pointed to the snake. “Why did you even bring it?”
He should have left it in her suite.
Right now, no one knew what Jin had done. Kira wanted to keep it that way.
That was difficult if Jin continued to run around advertising the fact that he’d not only breached the treasury but also made off with a precious item.
