“Just go. Go and do whatever your fathers say you need to do.” Petree said.
Elijah could hear the tears in his friend’s voice. “What’s going on? Why is Pea upset?”
Sighing, Hron said, “After your show the gem brothers came to me wanting to talk. They said it needed to be tonight. I told them I couldn’t tonight, but I would be happy to speak with them whenever else they could meet with me.”
The door opened and Petree rasped, “And his fathers reminded him his duties as Caliph took precedence over Hron’s pleasures.”
“Little one, you know we’ve been watching the gem brothers for weeks. If they can give us the information on where the external drives are, I need to know.” Hron insisted.
Petree shook his head, “Just go.”
Hron looked at Petree and Elijah could see how torn the leader
