Chapter Twenty-One
“I can’t believe you set up my brothers and me. I was going to tell you that I had changed my mind about using you as bait. I should have known you wouldn’t have listened to me even if I did,” Manota murmured quietly later that night as they lay in his massive bed back at the East House.
“Not really,” Jo replied as she snuggled closer, resting her head on his chest. “You need us. Your plan is a good one. You know it will work.”
“I know,” he replied softly. “I just wish there was a better way,” he added with a tired sigh as he held her closer to him.
Exhaustion bit deeply at both of them. It was well after midnight by the time everything aboard the Seeker had been transported down. A landing pad for the transports had been built on the grounds reserved for the humans
