Several people laughed.
“Not today.”
Clenching his teeth with a hiss, Jack looked down at the lectern. “I come here to apologize for failing you,” he said. “Because that's what every single person who carries a Nassai has done.
“The Justice Keepers have a well-deserved reputation for bringing peace and order to all the worlds under Leyrian jurisdiction, but over time, we have become complacent. We were so sure of our own moral superiority that we failed to take action when traitors were hiding right under our noses. We allowed ourselves to believe that no one who had bonded a Nassai could ever violate the basic principles on which our organization was founded. This past year, we learned the price for that arrogance.”
Murmurs from the crowd made Gabi feel uneasy; clearly this wasn't wha
