Ducem Mortis | The Mandalorian

XIV

I felt the blaster being pushed more into my chin and his grip tighten on my wrist. I looked into the silt of his helmet even knowing that I wouldn't see anything. But that was besides the point, he could see me.

He wouldn't actually hurt me. Or at least I hoped.

"I'm sorry." I said in a whisper knowing that due to our closeness that he would hear me anyways. "Din, I really am sorry."

At the mention of his name the grip on my wrist stopped tightening. For a moment he just held them before letting them go. He stepped back and turned his back to me. "You don't get to call me that." He said shaking his head, "I told you that because I trusted you...but you already knew my name before you met me. Didn't you?" The man finished as he turned to look back at me.

I could only look down at the ground ashamed. There was no denying it, I knew everything about the man before everything that happened. "What are you doing here?" I picked my head up at the question. I stuttered with words before I sighed and spoke clearly.

"I'm here for you. You and the child." I said only for the Mandalorian to continue to watch me, "Moff Gideon found me again, asking me to find where you were again." I noticed how the Mandalorian went to reach for the blaster the he had just put away that was against my chin, moments ago. "I turned him down. But if he's willing to be back and ask for my assistance again then he's getting desperate."

"Lies. I killed Moff Gideon." I couldn't hide the noticeable shock across my face. I know I wasn't seeing things and that Moff Gideon was alive and was in my house. Something wasn't adding up.

"But I-."

"I don't trust you," he interrupted as he shock his head. "Now tell me the real reason as to why you're here."

Before I could get out another word I heard a new voice. "There you went." I turned to see a man wearing Mandalorian armor holding the child. He was tall and had a salt and pepper hair, more salt than pepper, on his head. One thing I found extremely odd was the fact that the man was showing this face. I may not have been an expert in the Mandalorian code but I thought that was a no-no.

"Wait, who's she?" The man asked pointing to me. At the mention of another person being present the child in his arms looked up, once he saw me the child started to squirm in the man's arms. I smiled lightly at the fact that the child hadn't forgot about me over the couple of months we were apart.

"She's no one." The Mandalorian said gaining my attention. "Yeah, well your kid seems to like her." The man said as he tried to keep a hold on the child. "I'm Cobb Vanth, marshal of Mos Pelgo." I looked up at the man and from the child, "Astraea. Wait I thought Mandalorians don't show their face." I said honestly confused and off topic.

"That's because he's not." The Mandalorian said as we looked at Cobb. "Yeah well. If you want the armor you're going to have to help me with our little worm problem.

Little....I don't think so.

"So that's why you're here." I said to myself before turning to the Mandalorian, "You can't stay here long. Tracking fobs still work on the child. If you don't keep moving someone will find you."

"I'm not leaving without the armor." The Mandalorian said stubbornly cause me to glare at the man. It was like what I said went in one ear and out the other. "Okay then it's settled. Me, you, and her will help get rid of my towns worm problem and in exchange you get the armor." Cobb said nonchalantly.

"I'm not working with her." The Mandalorian said as he pointed at me, "She'll end up betraying us all." I couldn't help but roll my eyes at the man, "What am I gonna do...throw you in the mouth of the worm." I said sarcastically to make the Mandalorian realize his paranoia was stupid.