“I was fuming when I was stuck in there,” he admitted. “I was trying to help, and I was punished for it. Now I know that everyone is just doing whatever they can. The people who imprisoned me believed they had every right to do so. I just hope I’ve put that behind me now. I want to put my skills to good use, and I’m not sure how to do that from here.”
Kara reached out and touched his knee. “That’s really honorable to fight for a just cause,” she said softly. Her scent was intoxicating him, and her lips were too close to his. He could taste her, almost. She leaned in even closer and squeezed his knee, making him shake.
“You think so?” he said. She nodded.
“I know so. You’re a good man, Bolt.”
I just lied to you, he thought. To be fair, all he had done was omit the part about being a shi
