Lucy Saxon / TAKE BACK THE SKIES / 44 ‘And you aren’t?’ she challenged, raising an eyebrow. He looked at her, a sort of sadness in his eyes, masked with amusement. ‘Why would I be scared of a punishment I know isn’t likely to happen?’ he answered. ‘It’s like being scared of a storm that never comes.’ ‘It has happened, though. People have been executed for piracy plenty of times before,’ she argued. ‘Well, for a start we’re not pirates. Pirates attack other ships. And those people were stupid. The key is to fade into the background, become part of the scenery. Don’t give people a reason to question you being there, and they won’t think you suspicious.’ Catherine conceded the point, then frowned. ‘Are there more of you? Smugglers, I mean.’ She imagined a whole network of people working beneath her father’s nose, and couldn’t help but grin. It was just like one of her fantasy books. ‘Lots of people bringing in goods to help during rationing?’ ‘If there are, we haven’t found any,’ Fox replied with a shrug. ‘And they don’t work the same areas we do. But Breningarth is a big city; for all we know, there could be dozens more. Good luck to them, if there are. But either way, we work alone.’
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