~KAEL We stood in the cell that was supposed to hold us. "You double checked and found that the chains are strong enough?" Caliban asked Kira. She nodded. The last time I had seen her was when she got wounded and Caliban punished her by letting her survive on her own. She had proved that she was a fighter by surviving and given me more reasons for picking her out of the blue and making her commander. Tristan was going around the large space and examining how strong it was. There were no windows in it, safe for the open ceiling in the area where we were to be chained. The opening was blocked with iron bars to stop us from getting out but it gave us a good view of the sky and in our case, the moon. I turned my attention back to Tristan. He had not smiled all morning. Every night of the

