"Commander Cei just pulled out. That makes five."
"As for me, I say, Let's go!"
"The Flagship has already got its hyperspace shield turned on!"
Slowly the voices died away. The comset was silent in Lauri's hand, and she knew that the Fleet had gone. The Advanceship was destroyed.
Remembering Parr, she bowed her head. She saw the body of Kal lying at her feet, where she had found it in the second room on the tenth floor. And she was crying without sound.
CHAPTER XI
She finally got through to the other Oholos. They listened, because the expected attack had not come.
They came for her and she met their airship in the street. They soared above the silent city of Denver.
"A Knoug!" one said. "Who ever would have thought a Knoug would do that!"