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the war and were ordered executed. That seems an extreme action. Why
wouldn’t the new leaders just use you to help them?”
    “They
knew we would never give them our loyalty. We have been bred to obey the
Kaladin. We would die to keep them safe.”
    “But
the Kaladin are gone now, so where does that leave you.”
    Ardal
hesitated for a fraction of a second. “The Kaladin high council survives.”
    Fiona
looked at Ardal’s closed face and instantly knew. “You and your men saved
them.”
    “It
was our last order.”
    “And
that order led you to be executed.”
    Ardal
shook his head. “No. All other Hunters were executed. I chose to fight.”
    “So
that was what the Captain meant when he said you had caused the ship to crash.”
    “The
Captain fired a weapon at the guidance computers and that caused our crash.”
    Fiona
rolled her eyes. She had only met this guy last night, but she knew enough to
believe he’d provoked it. “You had something to do with that, though.”
    “I
asked him to drop his weapon.”
    “I’m
sure you were polite about it.”
    “There
was no need for politeness. It was a battle.”
    “I
was being sarcastic. Don’t they have sarcasm on your planet?”
    “We
speak only what we mean.”
    “Nice
to know,” Fiona said under her breath. In a louder tone she asked. “What
happens now?”
    “We
cannot stay. The spacecraft was destroyed, so we will have to build another.”
    Fiona
stood. “People would notice that. You don’t want to be hunted down by the
authorities. I know what that feels like.”
    “You
are hunted?”
    Fiona
picked up the brush from her dresser and began to tap it against her palm. How
much information was it safe to give this guy? What difference did it make,
though? They would be gone soon and she’d be safe again.
    “A
man is stalking me.” Fiona motioned to the window. “That’s why I’m hiding in
the middle of nowhere.”
    Ardal
gave her a steady look. “Is it not wrong for him to do this?”
    “If
a man wants to kill you, he will. There’s nothing the law can do to stop it.”
Fiona let out an exasperated breath. “I’d fallen completely off the grid and
then this happens. We’ll be lucky if the military aren’t all over this thing.”
    “They
are already searching.”
     

Chapter 5
    “You
can’t know that for certain.” She looked at Ardal to see if he’d been trying to
scare her, but his face was serious. That meant her cover was blown. Clyde and
Marshall were just the start. She dropped onto the bed.
    “Your
technology is advanced enough to know that we crashed.” Ardal shifted in the
chair.
    “That’s
doesn’t mean they’re looking for you.”
    “The
scanners suggest otherwise.”
    Fiona
frowned. “I don’t have the internet much less a radio scanner.”
    Ardal
held up the device he had pushed into her face the night before. She’d thought
it was a phone. Obviously it was much more, probably a mini-computer or
something. It was definitely evidence of the advanced technology that Ardal and
his men must have access to. What else were they hiding? Did it matter, though?
Soon she’d be on the run again. First, she had to deal with the injured men.
    Fiona
straightened her shoulders. “We have to get you and your men hidden. It’s been
over twelve hours since you landed. Soon the military and police will have narrowed
their search. If Clyde and Marshall saw something, you can believe others did.”
    “We
hit something upon entry. Half of our craft was missing when we cleaned up.”
Ardal’s voice was matter of fact. “There are two crash sites. They are wasting
their time with the first site.”
    There
was no point in speculating how he knew this. “How much time before they find
you?”
    “Two
hours, maybe less.”
    Fiona
bit her lip. She knew how to hide one person, but there were over one hundred
men here, some with serious injuries. She only had the one vehicle and it held
four in the cab. You might be able to squeeze