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The guards nodded, both glancing at Diadora’s cybernetic arm. “We’ll take the others to holding.”

“Ivy and the one-armed boy remain as well. I don’t care what you do to the human.” Diadora arched an eyebrow. “They will not escape.”

“We’ll post security by the door.” The female co-pilot nodded before hurrying away with Marcus in tow.

Ivy hoped Marcus would go away for a long time. He deserved it. Maybe time behind bars would give him an opportunity to think about what an idiot he’d been. She doubted he’d learned his lesson, though. The moment he got out, he’d be looking for somebody else to target.

“You have cybernetics?” Billy stepped into Diadora’s personal space and grabbed her hand.

Ivy sucked in a breath. No one ever got close to Diadora if they valued having air in their lungs.

Diadora’s eyes narrowed, but she let Billy examine her arm. “That’s right.”

“That’s amazing. Does it hurt?”

“No, it’s fused with my nerves and muscles. It feels like a normal arm.”

Billy looked down. “I’d love one like this.”

Diadora eased her arm away from Billy and shooed him away. “I can recommend it.”

He stepped back. “It suits you. It makes you look a hell of a scary. You know, like you’re the boss man. No, boss woman. No! Boss cyborg. You’re the lady with a plan.”

Diadora’s eyebrows quirked up. “Thank you. You’ve been on quite an adventure.” Her gaze went from Ivy to Karn.

“I wasn’t running,” Ivy said.

“I know. I ran a background check on your ex-boyfriend. You do know how to pick them.”

Ivy scowled. “He was going to sell me at an auction.”

“I also know that.”

“Which is where I come in,” Karn said. “I rescued Ivy.”

“That’s not strictly true,” Diadora said. “My study of the flight departures show you weren’t heading in the same direction as Ivy.”

Ivy turned to Karn. “Where were you going?”

Karn twisted his mouth to the side. “I needed a break from the station.”

“A break from me?”

“I thought you were getting back with that idiot human. I saw him go to your quarters, and you let him in. You even hugged him like he was your long-lost pet.”

Ivy thumped Karn in the arm. “Marcus surprised me. The last person I expected to find here was him. When I opened the door, he grabbed me before I had a chance to think. I don’t want him here. I left him back on Earth for a good reason.”

Karn lowered his head. “I figured you didn’t want me. There was nothing else keeping me here and plenty of reasons to go.”

Ivy shook her head. “You’re such an idiot.”

“Be that as it may, this idiot did rescue an employee of mine,” Diadora said.

“I helped,” Billy said. “I’m a rescuing idiot, too.”

Diadora nodded. “Agreed. You are also an idiot.”

Ivy turned to Diadora. “I still have a job? I figured you’d want me out since the whole mess up with the database.”