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Kass
A guard escorted us to our quarters, but unlike the last time, when I was taken away by one, I wasn’t in restraints. No weapons were out and ready to stun me. No smart remarks or shoving occurred. And—very different—this time I held Mia’s hand, even raised it to my lips and kissed her knuckles a time or two.
She’d saved my ass. If not for her, no one would have caught Sponder’s lies and exposed him as a traitor. My mind reeled with the information that he’d been working with Delegate Rainhart this entire time, that he’d also been responsible for the attack on the Starfighter base. That he’d helped Queen Raya take Xenon prisoner, helped the Dark Fleet target Velerion with the IPBMs. Why would he do such a thing? He was Velerion himself. His family was wealthy. His uncle was a com
