7
Brax, Councilor Roark and Natalie’s private quarters, Xalia City, Trion
I ignored the bell signal that I would normally use to signify my presence and banged my fist against the door. I didn’t care that it was Roark’s door, or that he was my superior officer. I didn’t care that he was the councilor of the entire Southern continent or whether he might consider my behavior to be rude or disrespectful. I didn’t care about anything but him opening the gods damned door.
When he didn’t answer, I banged some more. Then some more. Harder. If he didn’t open the door soon, I’d kick it down.
Finally, it slid open silently and there stood Roark with his new baby girl, Talia, in his arms. He looked ready to kill me, frightening…until you looked at the tiny infant he was holding. She was pure inno
