Chapter Thirteen — *Traitor*
Nobody moved.
The doorway was cold and the morning was grey and Vera was looking at the floor like a woman who had been carrying something heavy for a long time and had finally put it down in the worst possible place.
Caius spoke first.
"Look at me," he said.
Vera looked up.
"Why," he said. One word. Quiet. The kind of quiet that was more serious than shouting.
"She came to me six months ago," Vera said. "She knew about the tunnel. She already knew. She said if I confirmed it she would leave the Triad woman alone. She said she only wanted Caius back. That she would drop everything against the bond if I just"
"You believed her," Zane said.
"I wanted to believe her."
"That is not the same thing."
Vera looked at him. "No. It is not."
Mara looked at Cai
