It dawned on Anna that she probably looked as worn out as Larani did. Well, maybe that would give her a kind of ragged nobility. “I want my people with me for this one,” she said. “Call back Rajel and Keli.”
“I"ll do what I can.”
“Jack and Melissa?”
Shuddering, Larani looked up to study Anna with eyes full of despair. “I"m afraid their shuttle went down over the Haltorean Rainforest,” she said. “We haven"t been able to confirm whether or not they"re still alive.”
Anna winced, tears leaking from the corners of her eyes, streaming over her face. “Okay,” she said, nodding. “Cassi and I are on our way. We"ll hold the city for as long as we can.”
Reclining in the captain"s chair with one leg crossed over the other, Telixa frowned as she examined the hologram that floated in front of her. I
