23 HOLY s**t AND f**k on a fiddlestick. Thayu let out a small squeak when the officer mentioned her father’s name, very uncharacteristic for her. Thay’? Her face had gone white and her eyes were wider than usual. It was the first time, ever, that I had seen her display any emotion in relation to the man who was her biological father. She had even locked him inside a safety bunker when we were in Asto, and she had discussed his ambitions for the top job in a detached manner Cory, please? The earrings that dangled on both side of her head glittered with the same blood red stone that I wore. I had no idea how she saw the colour—Coldi didn’t see red—but it was significant for them. It was a ruby, the Domiri clan colour. I belonged to the clan. Asha was the clan leader. Then it struck me

