And wait, she did.
The minutes seemed to pass like hours. What would happen if one of the guests – maybe Telixa Ethran – stumbled onto this scene? That was a ridiculous thing to worry about. The guests wouldn’t be down in the servants’ quarters. But she couldn’t get the thought out of her head.
And speaking of things that she couldn’t get out of her head…
She realized that an Earth song Jack liked was playing on an endless loop in her mind. Something about the waiting being hard. All she remembered was that the singer had a reedy, nasal voice.
At least, Seth was feeling confident. Bleakness take her, as far as her Nassai was concerned, this mission was already a resounding success. Anna hoped that his optimism wouldn’t jinx it.
She allowed herself to fantasize about things going right
