Maureen's POV “We have a lot on our plate right now,” Lance said as we sat around the table in the meeting room. “A lot indeed. We have to move through them one after the other but we have to do it in order of the most important ones,” Dominus offered. “I think we have to start with Tumult. We need to get into his head to be sure that there will be no more surprises before we forge ahead and transfer his case to the Citadel judiciary,” I offered. All the men in my team were seated at the table. I was the only female present. I had intentionally excluded the females because we couldn't let the issue of Ian having a child get to Leila yet. It wasn't as if I didn't trust the females to Keep it to themselves but I just didn't want any of them feeling guilty about keeping a secret from

