nd the guards they'd hired were taking him to meet them there for final

ister planets to Lycanus, it was the site of one of

one he was on now. Formerly one of the most plentiful metals in the earth's crust until mini

d to be found. The mines on Lycanus 3 had become as

y other people lived on the planet, all of them Lycans, according to what the gu

ink there was some mystery there, but he was too sun

ty hunter, he'd heard his guards say, ferrying cargo,

ards say that Ryan himself had quite a price on his head. He had li

m his rights, he had already been convicted

lhole at the ends of the galaxy. He'd rather be dead, and he'd decided during the last long night shackled on

u looked more than capable of doing the job. All Ryan had to do

e desolate hills of the planet, Lycanus 3 . The

ough, as they flew low over the planet, and he wonde

y back in his home state of Earth'

y far away from home he was, and how he would neve

ding dock, as the pilot prepared to land. It looked like it h

gnized one of them right away as Blayde, the man who had pose

for him on the dock and got butterflies in his stomach all over again. Gods,

red eyes, he had the whole package right down

t to him, the two of them waiting impatiently for the tr

istinct family resemblance. Both too fuc

vered just above them, Ryan could see the

he guards came over and helped him up so he could shuffle down the aisle of t

had been left behind at his old apartment on Earth

need much. He'd be mostly in p

aved at the two men on the dock.

next trip," Blayde said

he chain on the shackles cuffed to his ankles wa

when Ryan glanced back over his shoulder,

tom step. He stumbled a bit. Righting himself, he turned to shuf

eady him and looked down at him. Suddenly

sniffed at Ryan, before literally recoiling in hor

k of sanitary facilities on Beta 14,

agree, because he opened h

the

in shock and sat down right on his ass in the middle of a mud pud

n backed away from him holding out his hands as if to ward him off. R

onfused. The man with Blayde put a hand on Blayde's s

and to hoist Ryan back up to his feet, but Bl

uch him,

"What the hell? I was just tr

a dark, painful red and shrugged, mumbling,

, extending a hand to grasp the chain between

. He glanced up at Blayde Balance and felt the hot blo

r anything from you, I'll tell you.

op his gaze. Asshole. Fucking bast

lled Kyle stepped forward

to death. " He transferred his gaze to

d. "I'm al

s had thrown it, while Blayde grabbed his cuffed hands by the chai

he was too busy shuffling and hopping along behind Blayde, trying not to

oulder. "Move your ass. I need to get you so