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"I do"

"And do you trust Lorn not to finish an old grudge?"

"Lorn isn’t a murderer"

"No He hurts men who deserve it, like Tactus My father deserves it as much as any man So we must hurry And you n"

"Roque found out Praetorians on the Warchild"

We walk back and I address ustus, but there’s a second reason we press on Agea The Sovereign is here"

"No shit?" Clown mutters

Rotback scratches his head "Goryhell"

"In the Citadel?" Pebble asks, excitedly nudging anxious Weed with her knee

"In all probability We traced Aja here Residual radiation from the bomb we hit her teaned to draw ea so that ill have a chance to break through her walls and capture Octavia before her Ash Lord arrives with the full ht of her armada" And if the Sons have done their part as Ares pro through a hundred thousand armored men and wo nods "We think so"

Sevro se him," I say "Nor Karnus, nor Aja"

"You’d have us run?" Clown asks, insulted

"I’d have you live," I say "The prize is the Sovereign Don’t be distracted by revenge, or pride If we seize her, we are the neer in the Solar Systerins Sevro squares his shoulders

"So lets stop picking our butts"

"Couldn’t have said it better s roar overhead to clear out ene our path

With all our powerscoluo fast Speederbikes have more pace than starShells Those Grays and the ones on spiders tear ahead after the ripWings and heavily armored dropships that will deposit men even closer to the wall Flashes ahead indicate they’ve detonated mines or the mine killers have done their job No way to tell The canyon here is narrowing Verdant canyon walls tower hugely in the distance to either side, colossal and unreal, like the terrain of a greater, larger race than man I can’t see all my force in so vast a place, just the tip of the spear We co colue of rain falls even harder Behind us roll tanks and the infantry coluhtly armored vehicles that can carry a hundred men in a flatbed They’ll deposit them a kilometer from the walls Lorn’s attack from the south will be much similar