Chapter 55: Chapter 55: Tomorrow We'll Talk

He nodded and continued to scan her. "The little warriors are fine."

Natalie sagged in relief. Zacar held her while Viglar checked her over and sealed her wounds with a glue-like substance.

"Zacar, Murdoch killed an alien woman. They did terrible things to her." She couldn't bring herself to say what was actually done.

"One of my men found her body," he said, as if he wanted to kill the raiders all over again.

"Who was she?"

"We don't know. That spacecraft is not known to us."

"Murdoch said he killed an alien and took his woman. That the spaceship had crashed near here in the woods. I assumed it was one of your warriors' ships."

"We have only sent out probes. My warriors haven't started to patrol yet."

"Zacar?"

"Yes?"

"I...no, never mind." Maybe he hadn't heard her beg Murdoch to spare her and she didn't want to tell him.

Zacar looked around, focusing on Murdoch's battered body for a moment. Natalie couldn't grieve his passing.