21
WE COLLECTED OUR GEAR.
Nicha, Devlin and Reida were going to stay with the bus, as were Karana and Eirani, both of whom looked positively terrified.
I took Reida aside, because his expression had turned morose.
“Anything the matter?”
“No.” But he looked down and avoided my eyes. I knew that he had hoped to be included in our group, and didn’t like the thought of babysitting the bus.
“Your task will be extremely important. I want you to defend the president, and our people, with your life. I want you to coordinate Devlin with Amarru and all the information the others are collecting.”
He nodded, still not looking convinced.
“You have a talent with spying and security. Why do you think Nicha chose you with Deyu?”
He shrugged. If he’d been an Earth teenager, he might have said, I h
