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But for now she would show a happy face, even though inside her heart was breaking

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“If you don’t , doll—I mean, Minister Oxley—you don’t look like so a rare mineral the Monstrum need to defend it You look like somebody who just lost their last friend”

E at her from the doorway of Co at her was full-figured, with lush, auburn hair and blue eyes She was studying Em with concern on her pretty face

“Oh, hello” Ee it In the past it had sometimes irritated her how freely and openly Americans spoke of their emotions—and everybody else’s for that matter But she had no room for irritation just now—she was too filled with misery

Rarev had brought her to the Kindred Mother Ship and then left with barely a goodbye after he had informed Commander Sylvan about the Yillium contract the two of theh Council were supposed to be planning a press conference to inform the Earth, but he had stepped away fro

It was a moment Em had used to let her face do what it wanted—which was stop looking calrief that was filling her like a lake of tears about to overflow And now someone had seen past her cheery façade and she couldn’t even ht

“You know, you look different fro,” the red-haired wo into the room “I’m Kat, by the way Sylvan asked me to come in and help you with your wardrobe andto call a press conference soon?”

“As soon as I get back to Earth,” E to inform the people of the world that the Monstrum can continue to protect theellens to allow us to mine Yillium from their planet”

“Oh, and so you’re going to frame it as a Christmas miracle? Or the best Christ like that?” Kat asked, raising her eyebrows

“Er…I hadn’t really thought of it that way,” Eotten it was Christmastime at all So much had happened that the Yuletide season had been co around Commander Sylvan’s office, which soht to have remembered it