Callix and Cassian had just returned from their journey to the rogue settlements, all routes leading to dead ends since Dregan’s secret journal had still not been decoded.
“That bastard Derek is still not revealing his true lies; it's taking everything within me not to slit his throat each day he is in that cell,” Cassian snarled.
“The Orions are a hard line to crack, I'll give them that, but I can’t help wondering if our cause is reaching a dead end,” Callix said. Cassian paused on his horse.
“Is this about Celeste?” he called. Callix also stopped, his eyes creased with annoyance as he sighed.
“Syzar’s plans with her are justified because of her betrayal, but everything else seems jumbled. It feels like we need to know more, and he needs to—”
“We need to focus on finding the actual c
