They were supposed to be gone in ten minutes—fifteen at max—if something went wrong.
So far?
Everything was going wrong.
No shit.
Pirate Veeka, second in command of the Riftmaw Ravagers, was not a patient woman. And right now, her boot tapped against the pristine metal floor of a far-too-clean luxury commuter craft, echoing louder than the hushed curses of her crew.
They should've left the place by now.
Except they were still here trying to figure out where it all went wrong.
Their target beast was nowhere to be found.
"Where is the passenger manifest?" she snapped, grabbing the holo-terminal from one of her men before he could hand it over.
"Yeah. It was a list, boss. The Problem is that it listed everyone, including those who only bought tickets."
Her eyes skimmed over the names. Nobles. Functionaries. The usual list of fat-pocketed twits who booked seats just to say they had them.