40: Keelin
Keelin
Chiron’s news hit Keelin hard at first, but after a moment of reflection it made perfect sense. Of course Ryann and the others were in Kaiahive’s base. And of course they were held in separate cells. The company wasn’t stupid.
Evil and twisted monsters, yes. Stupid, no.
Chiron said they’d lost insiders before, that the company had tortured their people. None of them talked, he said with pride, but the company were persuasive. He said he was concerned that Ryann, Brice and Piran wouldn’t be able to stand up to Kaiahive’s probing.
He used their names, and again this didn’t surprise Keelin. These Heralds had their sources.
“The company’ll keep them alive,” she’d told him. And when he’d asked why she said that, she told him they were more valuable to the company alive t
