The Usual Complications

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In a corner of the galaxy where treaties expire faster than bar tabs,
Captain Jalen Vorek has learned one rule that never fails:

Trouble always orders first.

He’s a courier, a negotiator, a smuggler when the fee is right —
a professional drifter with charm sharp enough to cut deals
and instincts honed by a lifetime of narrow escapes.

Tonight should’ve been simple:
a drink, a refill on supplies, and a half-hour to forget the noise of the frontier.

But the patrons in this cantina aren’t here for a quiet night.
An assassin’s eyes are watching him.
A diplomat wants him dead.
A familiar stranger owes him a grudge.
And a very expensive mistake from his past just walked through the door.

Now every whisper in the room has his name in it,
every exit has a shadow,
and the only thing standing between Jalen and another galaxy-wide disaster

…is the man who never meant to cause one.

Same bar. Same night.
Just the usual complications.