Following Part 6

Recap:

Adair just tried to have a heart-to-heart with Mal who's more than a little preoccupied right now. It turns out Larkin Hague really was a traitor, but his wife and unborn child have given him two really shiny reasons to atone for it. Ellis might be Book's son, but there isn't enough conclusive proof. Wash is babysitting Jordain, and River is hot on the trail of someone who might just be as mixed up inside as she is.

Disclaimer:

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Author's Note:

MIGHTY BIG THANK YOU goes to WindDancer and MalsDoxy for the quickest and best betas I've ever gotten. Thanks also to Robert Louis Stevenson for "My shadow" and Dorothy Aldis for "Hiding" and to my mother for reading them to me when I was little.

The MIGHTY BIG APOLOGY still stands for anyone who can read and speak French, Cajun or Chinese. The translations as I understand them are included, except the more vicious Chinese swearing. Any browncoat worth their salt knows all those anyway. For the French-Canadians out there please keep in mind if it isn't spelled right enough to be French, chances are pretty good it's Cajun.

Glossary - Cajun and French/and mostly Cajun

Sil vous plait, Maman - Please, Momma? (he's so polite, isn't he?)

Faire attention - Be careful

Pa aryen se oublié - Nothing is forgotten

Frè - brother

Oui, mo frè. Il est - yes my brother, it is

Non, fre--couillon - No my brother, don't be an idiot (economical language, Cajun)

Dromi... fò dromi - sleep...must sleep

Mère d'un Dieu - Mother of God

Glossary - Chinese:

qin ài de - my darling

Bi zui - be quiet!

Lāshî - shit

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Heartbroken - Part 7

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