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need to know what I’m getting myself into here.”
    “Miss Meyers,” Garen said.  “As Hope said, you will not be forced into anything.  In truth, you could not be safer anywhere in the Thousand Worlds than you will be with the Falcorans.  By their very nature they can do no other than protect you, and care for you.”
    “Maybe that’s true for most Jasani, but I’m not so sure about them,” Faith said.  “They don’t like me, and they don’t want me here.”
    “Perhaps they have had unfortunate experiences in their lives, just as you have had in yours,” Hope suggested mildly. 
    “If you wish to change your mind about helping us, we’ll understand,” Lariah said gently.  “This must be your choice, Faith.”
    Faith was so tempted by that offer that it took her a few moments to muster the courage to decline.  This entire world was putting some of its plans on hold, and changing others, while they waited to see if she could find new jump points, or more Xanti hiding in their space.  She’d spent a little time with Hope and her family, had met Lariah’s sons and daughters.  The thought of invisible Xanti murdering those children, and others like them, while an unsuspecting and unprepared Jasan stood helpless against an enemy they couldn’t see, decided her. 
    She was afraid, and there was no sense in denying it.  Not to herself, anyway.  But, she’d spent most of the past couple of years being afraid.  Years spent running and hiding.  When she wasn’t in a healing tank.  She was tired of it.  All of it.  Now she had a chance to do something important.  Something no one else could do.  Did she want to throw that away because of a little more fear?
    “Thank you, Lariah,” she said.  “But I said I’d do this, and I will.”
    Hope started to say something, but at that moment the doors opened and the Bearens and Falcorans entered the room and retook their seats. 
    “We have little time, Admiral, so I must have your decision,” Garen said once everyone was seated again.  “Will you accept this task, or will you not?”
    Tristan wanted to refuse.  Rarely had he wanted anything more.  But he didn’t have to look at his brothers to know what they wanted, or to feel their worry over what he might say.  “We will, of course, High Prince,” Tristan replied. 
    “How much time do you think you’ll need?” Garen asked. 
    “That’s hard to say,” Tristan replied.  “It depends on what we find.  I would say a few days at minimum.  We’ll take the cutter and a small crew, which will allow us to cover a larger area more quickly.”
    “That’s about what we expected,” Garen said.  “We ask that you begin with the jump point near the Skyport.  We just received word that the sensor readings have changed, which is why we changed our meeting plans this morning.  All of the accumulated data will be downloaded to the Eyrie immediately.”  Before he’d finished speaking Trey was tapping his vox to give the orders.  Tristan glanced at Gray, who tapped his own vox.  Within moments of the data reaching the Eyrie , it would be downloaded to the cutter. 
     “When can you be ready to depart?” Garen asked.
    “I’ve already given orders to have the cutter prepped,” Graysan said, disconnecting his call with the Eyrie’s Captain.  “As soon as Miss Meyers returns with her belongings, we’ll be ready.”
    “Faith brought her things with her,” Hope said.
    “In that case, we’ll need about half an hour,” Tristan said.
    “Then I might as well start now,” Faith said, turning to stare directly into Tristan’s emerald green eyes.  “There’s another jump point out there.”  She gestured toward the viewing window behind her as she spoke.  “I’ve studied the current jump point maps, and this is not on them.”
    “Will you show us?” Garen asked, his voice noticeably gentler than it had been when he spoke to Tristan. 
    Faith nodded and stood up, doing her