Vernestra threw her hand up, sending the man reeling backward and pinning him against a nearby bulkhead. Gasps went through the room, and before Vernestra could react, the pregnant woman grabbed the Togruta woman and held a vibroblade to her throat. “Not so fast, Jedi. Let him go or I kill her.” Vernestra looked from the Duros man to the Togruta woman and realized that he’d been aiming not for the pregnant human but the older woman. No matter. Vernestra threw the Duros man across the room, slamming him hard into a stack of crates.

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