CHAPTER TWELVE RISPAN For Jasena, the switch to Workers Guild had been, at least from what she showed, about strategy and power. Zorina seemed to support the concepts on their merit; she believed in them. In only a few days, Zorina had become an integral part of the Free Trade movement, and her grasp of strategy took things to a new level. “You need to step outside of the shadow of this Raven persona and take one of your own,” she said to me. “We need you to appear as an official representative of Su Lariano, and we need to get you into the Minister’s Meeting.” “I’m not much of a diplomat,” I shook my head. “We need a better option.” “There’s no time,” she insisted. “The Ministers need to understand the full repercussions of their choices. Vague rumors of Su Lariano’s attention aren't

