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she admitted it to herself or not, her body didn’t
lie.
    Do you want to know what she thinks about it?
    Did he? Not really. No, but I need to know what they want
her to do. Someone wants her dead.
    Jezar gave him a short nod and closed his eyes. It would
be easier if I connected you to her as a bridge.
    No! He definitely didn’t want that. Part of him was
afraid he’d find out things he didn’t want to know. Part of him wanted that
advantage over her. Mostly, he didn’t want to know her thoughts at the moment. I’d
rather just…hear what she hears. You can do that, correct?
    Yes. I will listen to her thoughts and give you access to
her room.
    Thank you, Jezar.
    It’s interesting how you violate some of her boundaries,
but respect others. She has no idea how you feel, does she?
    I’m sending the call through . He didn’t answer
Jezar’s question. He wasn’t going to. Not even in his thoughts. Around Jezar,
that was the same thing anyway.
    He depressed the button and his vision blurred slightly when
Jezar connected with his mind so he could hear what Alex could hear. Jezar kept
Alex’s thoughts away from Tory’s and Tory was grateful for that. Jezar had been
known for ignoring Tory’s requests at the oddest times.
    “Alex?” That was not the Deputy Director.
    “Darius? What are you doing on an open channel?” The
military precision of her tone gave no indication of her physical state. And
her first thought seemed to be protecting her king.
    “Is the box contained?” The king’s voice edged on panic,
nothing like the gentle tones Tory had always heard from him.
    “I don’t know.” The despair in Alex’s answer bit deep in
Tory’s emotional armor. “Darius, what the fuck is in that box?” She didn’t know
then.
    “Something important to us, Alex. We have to get it back.
Can you escape?” Apparently, King Darius thought Alex was some sort of
magician.
    “I’m Tory Ingle’s Saria.” She spoke calmly. “He
proved it to a Judge of Light. My family ruined his career and banned him from
Teran One. It’s his right.”
    “I take it Ingle doesn’t know you defended him.” Darius
didn’t dispute Tory’s right, but his revelation had some meaning. Tory blinked
and tried as hard to remember as he’d tried to forget in the past. The day of
his judgment, Alex didn’t talk to him or look at him. Tory had assumed she
believed her brother and condemned him to the Tribunal. Had he been wrong?
    “I told the truth at the tribunal,” Alex said. What had she
told the Tribunal? Tory would make it his business to find out. That was
probably Darius’ intention. Alex didn’t intend to be distracted either. “And
all that doesn’t matter. What game are you playing here?”
    The king didn’t speak for a moment. Then, “Kyler’s missing.”
    Who the hell was Kyler? Tory had a lot of digging to do when
this illuminating conversation was over.
    “And Celeste?”
    “I’ve ordered her to the palace but—” Clearly the king
wanted to say more, but wouldn’t as long as Tory was listening. The little
prick.
    When Alexandra spoke, she sounded tired, older than her
twenty-nine years. “Darius, why didn’t you tell me what was in that box?”
    Tory noticed she didn’t again ask what was in the box. Still
protective, she must not have wanted Darius to announce anything damaging over
an open channel.
    “I didn’t think you’d take it if I did,” the man admitted.
On an open channel. She could have no doubt Darius had known what she was
transporting before she left Teran One. What was he really saying to Alex?
She’d been his personal bodyguard for three years before she left to head his
military. What was their relationship? They were first cousins, but how loyal
did the blood tie make her? The temptation to change the stakes, have Jezar
connect him directly to Alex, almost overwhelmed him. But he fought it.
    “Then whatever it is, it’s really bad,” Alex commented.
“What is Ingle asking