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“We did, Xan We did, but that came later We were a ht have cost hi queen, and it was only three days before the coronation and wedding that she left your father and aline what this sector would have been like had your father not taken the throne?”
“Mother, thank you for telling me I had no idea And I understand why you had your reservations aboutSloan, but if you had helped her and showed her how to handle the pressures, then perhaps she wouldn’t have felt that leaving was her only option You could have s easier for her and done what you kneould make us both happy Instead, you were happy to pick at everything you could to ensure that she would never feel accepted”
“Because I knew she wouldn’t be able to handle it I knew she would end up like your father’s previous betrothed I didn’t want that for you”
“Look where we are now You’re happy to take the saone Who have you chosen for me? Who will it be, Mother? I’m sure she will be the perfect queen and wife in all ways, but our rohat you had with Father Never!” he declared resoundingly
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After learning what she had about Ragon’s involve in her arsenal toterrible happened She shouldn’t have left! She shouldn’t have left hiht that he’d allowed his own brother to be taken, tortured, and kept captive turned her stomach and ramped up her desire for his blood
They didn’t have enough fuel for an FTL juet as far away fro her dearly now that she needed to get back to Xan Thispoint on the propulsion engine alone
Sloan had Erl running every calculation he could to get them to D’Arian as quickly as possible
“Captain, we are in coe with the Gru Asteroid I have called up Neven for some help”
Sloan whipped around and grabbed her co Neven’s number He picked up immediately
“Neven, I need your help!” Sloan practically screamed
“Sloan, what’s wrong? What do you need?”
“I need you to get et to D’Arian as quickly as possible We don’t have enough rods to use FTL, and it’s an e on hysterics
“I’ine schematics now Give me three minutes to run the calculations”
Sloan paced the bridge while she waited for Neven to pull off a miracle She prayed, which she hadn’t done since she was a child She prayed that she would be able to reach Xan in tihts