Melissa sat back in her chair with arms folded, shaking her head slowly. “You killed half a dozen people,” she rasped. “Slaughtered them like helpless animals right in front of me.”
“Enemy soldiers.”
“Does that matter?”
Once again, Aiden laughed, only this time it was cruel and bitter. “It should,” he insisted. “They invaded one of our worlds, Melissa. Killed our people. I say they got what was coming to them.”
“And that's why the symbiont never accepted you,” Melissa hissed. “If that's how you think, it's no wonder that a Nassai wouldn't want you. A Justice Keeper has to care about a Ragnosian as much as they would a Leyrian.”
“And why should they?” he countered. “The Justice Keepers are Leyrian. Why shouldn't they prioritize their people above anyone else?”
Melissa leaned forward w
