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out of large rock formations as she searched the area
    for any sign of life. Who was this man who had watched her the past few days? Ana felt
    no concern that she might be putting herself into danger. She was a Runner with sixteen
    winters behind her, she knew how to defend herself. Not to mention the fact that he
     
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    waved at her yesterday, he had already extended a form of greeting and today she
    simply would carry through on that.
     
    Ana jumped, however, when her comm beeped in her ear. The excitement of her
    adventure had her on edge. She certainly wasn’t scared.
     
    “Ana, where are you?” Her brother’s tone indicated his concern.
     
    “I’ve reached the mountains but I haven’t seen any sign of the man I saw the other
    day.” She narrowed her gaze trying to search every inch of the rocks as she glided
    through them.
     
    “And what are you going to do with this man once you find him?”
     
    “Andru, he’s probably part of a race that lives over here and we know nothing
    about. I could be the first Gothman to meet these people.”
     
    “Ah, dressed like a Runner.” Andru laughed but then stopped quickly. “Ana,
     
    they’ve realized you’re not here.”
     
    “It took them this long?” Ana snorted. “Damn, I’m sure missed around there.”
     
    “I told them you went to the Crator temple with me this morning. I had no more
    excuses for you after that. Uncle Torgo just told Mama that you’re in Taratown. She’s
    furious.”
     
    “And you’re taking the brunt of it for me. I owe you big time, Andru.” Ana caught
    a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye and turned the glider around to
    inspect a large row of boulders.
     
    “That you do. What will you tell them when you get home?”
     
    “The truth,” Ana said stubbornly. She lowered her glider into the boulders and
    moved slowly up a rugged path.
     
    “I don’t know if you’re incredibly brave or desperately foolish,” her brother
    groaned. “I think I’ll conveniently be out with the guys tonight. I want you home in two
     
    hours. That’s plenty of time to say hello.”
     
    “Yes, m’lord,” Ana taunted.
     
    “Ah, someday you will say that,” her brother shot back.
     
    “Just remember, you’re the younger.”
     
    “You’re the only one who remembers that. And we live under Gothman law. I’m
    the firstborn son.” Her brother laughed.
     
    Ana flipped off her comm and maneuvered around an exceptionally large group of
    rocks. What happened next was so sudden Ana had a hard time explaining it in detail
    to Andru later. Something tugged her backwards, like the air suddenly decided not to
    let her ride through it. The tug turned into an invisible barrier and her glider literally
    came to a stop. She spun herself around quickly, looking above and below for what
    might have stopped her. Before she could focus on the net that enveloped her, several
    tall men surrounded her glider pulling it to the ground.
     
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    She wasn’t sure how they did it, but somehow the three men pulled the net off her
    glider and then managed to pull up her dome. She threw her leg over her seat and
    attempted to jump at the man to her left. His balance faltered momentarily but the other
    two helped in restraining her.
     
    “Let me go!” she screamed, and fought violently under their grasps. Large hands
    held her by the shoulders, arms, and legs. She contorted her body and could have
    flipped free of them, if they’d only let go.
     
    Much to her surprise—they did. Ana jumped several feet away from her captors
    only to realize she was surrounded by boulders and therefore trapped—the only feeling
    in the world that caused panic inside her. Ana turned and faced the three tall men who
    watched her carefully. She pulled her laser and aimed it at the man in the middle. A
    calm voice spoke, and she jumped.
     
    “Don’t fire your gun.”
     
    The order came from a