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"We need to warn Sitia," Yelena said

"Of what? Our gut feeling? We’ve no proof, love"

"But the Coht not Besides, I’d hang for treason if I warned Sitia of an attack"

"I won’t"

"You wouldn’t hang for treason, but the Commander would consider you an enemy of Ixia and send an assassin after you We’ll just have to ruin Owen’s plans well before the fire festival"

"How? We need to consult with Leif and s And the null shields"

Valek loved watching Yelena puzzle out a problem Her brow crinkled and he suppressed the desire to sent who is going to deliver es for us Once Leif responds to yourit to us in MD-1"

Yelena frowned

"What’s wrong?" he asked

"Where in MD-1?"

"The northern coast"

"Too far Once Leif learns Owen is in Ixia, he’ll return to the Citadel Even if your agent had the fastest horse in Ixia, it would still take her twelve days to travel that distance And es aren’t effective If Leif doesn’t understand so, it will be a twenty-four-day wait until he does Plus, you can’t brainstorht from his primal core The place deep down inside hiical"

To hell with logic "We’re stronger together You said so yourself" Ha She couldn’t logic her way out of that one

"Yes, for e go against Owen Not against a gang of Stor with you to Sitia"

"You can’t"

"I’ll wear a disguise"

"And what happens when the reports keep co in from MD-1 about those Store her point

She answered for him "The Commander learns you committed treason"

"I’ll stay in Sitia"

"And let Oin?"

Deterht We let Oin, and he eventually convinces the Co You, uess we could go into hiding, wear disguises and live in constant fear That’s a healthy environment to raise a child" Her tone indicated it would be anything but "And we both know it’s a matter of time before the Corowled every single curse he knew as iic He wanted to take his knife and stab it through its cold calculating heart Why couldn’t he be selfish and irrational for once? Damn it all to hell!