Telixa sat down with her hands on her knees, observing the girl. “You’re not bluffing, are you?” she mumbled. “You’re willing to die for your principles.”
“Yes, I am.”
“And here I was wondering if Anna was unique.”
“You know Anna?”
“She’s on my ship,” Telixa explained. “We’ve had some interesting conversations. Tell me, what happened to Jack Hunter on Alios?”
A look of confusion passed over Melissa’s face, and she blinked, no doubt trying to discern what it was Telixa wanted to know. “You mean the virus?” she said at last. “Jack was infected by a virus that Grecken Slade used to torture him. His enhanced immune system fought it off. There’s a doctor on Alios who is studying the antibodies to develop a cure.”
So, it was true.
Anna’s knowledge of the virus was too specific for her to
