The stealth transport hummed through the night sky. The cargo hold was small and functional, with two rows of jump seats bolted to the walls and a single overhead light flickering whenever the transport hit turbulence. The cockpit was sealed, the flight running on autopilot, leaving the hold to the three of them.
Cora and Sera sat in the rear seats. Their eyes were closed, not asleep but resting, though even at rest, two Rank 2 assassins stayed alert enough to notice a threat from fifty meters away. The woman who had helped murder their master was dead now. They could deal with everything else in the morning.
Holden sat near the front with the Diamond Chest in his lap.
The System had rewarded him with the Diamond Chest after Serith's defeat. Its prismatic surface caught the flickering light and split it into shifting colors that crawled across the walls, changing from red to orange, green, and violet.
