The Han Solo Trilogy - 02 - Hutt Gambit by Star Wars

Author:Star Wars
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
Published: 2010-08-25T23:00:00+00:00

Blast! Hah thought, not sure whether what he was feel-ing was anger or profound regret-some mixture of both, lie guessed. Why does thi ahcays happen to rm,?

For a moment lie remembered the anguish that had engulfed him when Bria had left him with just a good-bye note, then he wrenched his mind away from that memory. That was a brag time ago. Im not a kid anynwre . . .

He realized that hed have to book commercial flights back to Nar Shaddaa for himself and Chewqe. But that wouldnt eat into his savings too much, especially in light of Xaverris bonus. She paid well, tJlough she had high expec-tations.

During the past six months, theyd been more like busi-ness partners than employee and employer, Every time theyd pulled a successful scare on some puffed-up Impe-rial officer, or some smug, complacent Imperial bureaucrat Xaverri had shared the proceeds equally with Han and Chewie.

Hans mouth curved into a reminiscent smile. Theyd had some exciting times. With all the experience hed had conning civilians while part of Garris Shrikes family, Hah had thought he had little to learn about the art of scamming people. But a month with Xaverri had convinced him that compared to her, Garris Shrike had been a clumsy, menda-cious amateur.

Xaverris schemes had ranged from elegantly simple to fiendishly complex. She seldom pulled exactly the same scam twice. Instead she tailored each caper to the mark, frequently using her skills as an illusionist to trick the pompous Imperials she preyed upon.

There had been that time theyd conned the Assistant Secretary to the DAelgoth Sector Moff out of most of his life savings-and put him under suspicion of committing treason to the Empire. Hans smile broadened into a grin. The guy was a venal jerk sooner or later he wouldve be-trayed the Empire anyhow.

Not that ,all their scams had been successful. Two had fizzled out, and one had blown up in their faces, forcing them to run from the planetary officials until Chewbacca had been able to locate them and pick them up.

Han would never forget that escape-running, dodging, pursued through the countryside by tracer droids and the local version of canold-hounds. The only way theyd been able to hide their scent was to spend the night up to their necks in a swamp.

Hed also enjoyed his work as Xaverris stage assistant. It had been fun, helping to create the illusions, finding out how it was really done, and taking a bow before cheering crowds, night after night. Even Chewbacca had gotten to enjoy the public attention, and Xaverri had worked up sev-eral tricks that gave Chewie a chance to show off his Wookiee strength.

The hardest thing for Han had been getting used to the skintight, spangled stage costume hed had to wear. Hed felt horribly self-conscious the first few times hed gone onstage wearing it. But eventually hed gotten used to it, and even learued to enjoy the hoots and whistles from some of the female audience members when hed make his entrance.

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