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Levana rubbed a kink from her shoulder

"In Sector SB-2--"

The elevator chi Levana’s attention away froe Lindwurm swooped in and dipped into a hasty bow, his black sleeves scraping the floor

"Your Majesty"

"If you are here to tell me that the outer sectors are in chaos and the people are in revolt, I aers at the servant who stood beside the elevator doors "Bring wine"

The servant scurried away

"No, My Queen," said Lindwuriment 117"

"What? Are they in revolt too?" Levana cackled, though beneath her hysteria lurked a growing dread Could that cyborg have turned her entire country against her with such ease?

"Perhaps, My Queen," said Lindwurm

Levana spun toward him "What do you ainst aze "Our security teao that Princess Winter’s identity had been tracked to the outside of those barracks"

Levana’s shtened, his own interest piqued "So she is alive But ould she be doing there?"

"The syste used to enter the barracks After learning of the security breach, the eight rei a threat"

"I suppose it is too irl ripped to bloody shreds"

That’s what they should have found The beasts should have killed Winter without hesitation--it hat they were designed to do But she suspected that was not the case

"Froes arrived, the soldiers turned on theht are dead"

Her blood ran hot, pounding at her temples "And Winter?"

"The princess and the soldiers have abandoned the barracks Security feeds showed the the nearest surface sector--LW-12 It is one of the sectors in upheaval, but we have not been considering the irl?"