“You are more clever than you look, Nathan,” he conceded. “A perfect Cartographer,” he added mysteriously.
“I don"t know about that,” I grumbled.
“Unfortunately, I cannot accept your proposal,” he said with a heavy sigh. “Although my quest for the wormhole on Earth remains a mystery to the Lumagom, they would not agree to any alliance with the Consortium, no matter the terms. If I were to ally with them, then my destruction would be assured, I"m afraid.”
I frowned with disappointment. “So what now?”
“If you had the disk I would kill you and take it,” he admitted. He turned away from me and formed a V with his hands. The signal meant I was about to lose my chance to forge peace between the Consortium and the Lumagom. I acted before I even thought about what I was doing.
I swung at the
