Star Risk - 04 The Dog From Hell - Plot & Excerpts
The surrounding moss-dripping dark oak trees seemed as old and decaying as the sprawling fortress. The sound of the five Star Risk operatives' boots on the cobbled walk was all that broke the wintry silence. "A hell of a place to get ambushed," M'chel Riss said, a bit nervously. "I've seen worse," Chas Goodnight said. "Trouble is, I can't remember just where, or when." His laugh echoed, sounding forced in the silence. The sniper focused sights on the oncoming five. Not the expected, hoped-for targets, but two very beautiful women, one looming monster, a tall man who was very good-looking, and another man who could have been an elder professor. Unexpected�but they'd do. Range� check� wind� not to worry about any wind� finger sliding to the trigger� *** It had started two weeks before. M'chel Riss, who was on com watch, greeted the other four members of Star Risk (remarkably all on their base world of Trimalchio IV at the same time) somewhat smugly: "I have a job for us. A nice safe job.
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