SEVENTEEN
In the room he shared with Justice, Jackson packed the items he would need for the trip to the monastery with her and the monk. His plan to put this off until after he had sorted out the mess at High Command had been shot to pieces by the arrival of Brother Owen. There was no way Justice would want to delay this trip, and he didn’t want her to go without him.
Even so, misgiving sat heavily in his stomach as he contemplated the coming journey. Justice had told him about her time living with the monks. The monastery was the last place she had been happy. It was also the place where her mother and everyone she cared about had been murdered by the Legion. It was sure to dredge up bad memories to return there. But he had to hope the good ones would outweigh the bad.
Still, he would
