Chapter 10
Subversive
“You need to rest.” Paas echoed Paxton’s recommendation, causing Atty to snort in amusement. “You know you should,” the woman insisted. “The last thing this compound needs is for you not to be at one hundred percent if, no, when another attack comes.”
“You’re right. I need to rest, and I will.”
“When?”
Atty smiled. “Now. But I can’t guarantee I’ll actually get any decent sleep.”
“At least try,” Paas urged.
“I will, on one condition. You need to promise me you’ll retire to your tent as well.”
Paas managed a weak smile. “I wish I could but I can’t.”
“Can’t what? Go back to your tent? Or get some rest?”
“Both. It’s a small tent, but it’s too big and empty without Cole.”
Nodding, Atty reached down and grasped the woman’s hand. “Come with me to my tent. If we ca
