I could have saved you, but now it"s too late.
I could have saved you, but now it"s too late.During the return trip, his words haunted me. They didn"t fade until I entered my room aboard the Cirrus. Gard stationed himself in the corner while I stepped in front of the bathroom mirror and washed the Xajax dirt and grime off my face. I dried myself and flicked knotted strands of hair from my eyes. A single light-colored hair, buried among the black strands draped itself across my forehead. I plucked it and frowned at it.
“A gray hair,” I mused. “Great.”
A knock at the door startled me and I dropped the hair in the sink. Kedge"s words returned and I wondered if an assassin lay beyond the door as I eyed it suspiciously. I remembered the digital viewport and switched it on in time to catch Li
