Epilogue
Master Sthenys watched the Commonwealth vessels jump to cross-space. He kept his face expressionless on the outside, but he seethed and burned on the inside. The Morph girl had escaped, and that was bad enough. Her kind was an affront to nature, and her survival worked against the best interests of the Breed's genetic health. People like her had to be culled out.
But the Agrarian soldier was the worst part. He had actually confronted the Mentarch and survived, and that was intolerable. Sthenys would hound the man to the ends of the galaxy for that. And not just him. Oh, no. The Agrarians supported Harper, and therefore the entire Agrarian Breed was equally culpable. Sthenys would punish them all. He'd have to watch his steps—he couldn't let Keleusyn and the other Masters discove
