Liberty is a vampire living on a space station on the edge of civilization, a place where only those avoiding attention from the government tend to land. Libs spends his days working for the gangster who runs the place. He is somewhat content with his lot in life.<br><br>Riordan Dalheart is a Ranger working as a government enforcer, and he's been sent to the furthest reaches of the galaxy on a secret mission. Liberty is immediately suspicious of his motives. Whatever his mission, Rory's presence throws a wrench into the finely-tuned dynamics of the space station, as well as upsets the balance of Liberty's life.<br><br>What is Rory up to and why is he here? Liberty is determined to get to the bottom of this situation ... and so is the gangster he works for.

Rangers Over Regulus

“I don’t like this, Libs,” she said, shaking her head. “Government types are trouble.”


“Too true.” Libs scowled. “But a job’s a job. I have to see what’s up.”


“Better hurry, then, if they’re down in D Sector.”


Liberty knew he didn’t really have to hurry. It took forever for new ships like the ones from the inner planets to dock safely at an old station like Leonis Alpha. Anyway, Stella likely assumed he was taking the way most people took to get down the several levels to D Sector. A level of a space station covered several stories, and so the stairs took a while to descend, especially if one was looking for trouble. No one ever bothered Libs, but Stella, with her short stature, had shot her fair number of highway bandits that had thought she was an easy target while trading in other sectors.


Chapter 4