"Who is Neza Gerudes? Who is she really?" Nessa asked Viz. "Am I really her target, and is that why she's here in Santa Catalina?"
Viz looked into her eyes and took a deep breath. "Neza Gerudes is..." He left the statement hanging.
"What, Viz? Just tell me." She was eager to hear the answers to the questions that were confusing her.
"She is the daughter of the man who ran against your father for vice president," he continued the interrupted statement from earlier.
Her brow furrowed in confusion. She could hardly understand how Neza could have such a deep connection to her life beyond what she expected. But Nivan had told her before that her father's political opponent had died of a serious illness. That he never married and had no children. That the tainted lineage had ended.
And how
