Chapter Eight
“Evetta, what is wrong?” Hanine asked when she saw her sister hurry into their quarters. “What are you doing?”
Hanine followed Evetta’s frantic movements as she pulled a small bag out of the hidden panel. Her eyes widened in alarm when Evetta pulled out the weapons they had covertly stashed over the past six months since they met Ben and Aaron. They had talked about preparing for the time when they may have to run… escape the life they had been forced into. It was unheard of for a Marastin Dow to do something so risky. The few who had tried were publicly executed as a warning to others.
“An order for a change of command was given,” Evetta said hoarsely as she continued with what she was doing. “All personnel will be moved. I copied a list of the new officers coming down an
