ArtistsDreams

She saw the outline of him standing in the gloom. Shivering slightly, she pulled her jacket closer and took several quiet, deep breaths. She automatically checked her laser-based weapon to make sure the safety was on but could be clicked off in an instant if the need arose.    "You shouldn't have come here," the man said gruffly.    "You knew that I would find you sooner of later," she replied.    "This is strictly off the record, Agent Roxanne."    "Fine. But it's still on my mental record." Roxanne Jennings, who had been part of Scothira's Galactic Bureau of Investigation, had finally found out who it was that murdered her grandfather.