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years for her to finally
learn that the aliens had come in peace, not to conquer them. Even
so, she still didn’t trust them any more than she trusted – anyone,
except for Destin. Her brother was the only one that she trusted to
never betray her.
    “Destin,” she greeted softly as she entered
the room. “We need to talk. Colbert’s men are becoming more
aggressive and… and I believe the Trivators are about to make a
move into the city.”
    Her brother’s frown pulled at the scar along
his left cheek. He glanced at the door to make sure it was closed
before he nodded toward the seat across from the battered metal
desk he was sitting behind. Kali crossed the worn floor and sank
down into the equally worn leather chair.
    She knew better than to say anything until
he finished with the report he was reading. She hid the grimace
when the frown on his face darkened and he shot a fierce glance at
her. Troy or Richard must have already submitted their report
before she got back. While they had all been together on the
perimeter check and when they encountered Colbert’s men, she had
stayed out a bit longer afterwards.
    Kali shifted slightly in the chair as she
thought of the reason for her delay in returning. She had known
‘he’ was watching again. Every night for almost the past two weeks
he had been waiting… searching… watching.
    She glanced down so Destin couldn’t see her
troubled eyes. He had enough to worry about without her adding her
nagging feelings to the load he carried on his broad shoulders. It
may have been a mistake to save the alien, but she couldn’t leave
him once she knew he was alive and injured. She just hoped it
wasn’t a mistake she lived to regret one day.
    “Tell me,” he demanded, his deep voice
echoing in the quiet room.
    Kali shuttered her feelings behind the calm
mask that she had learned to hide behind after Colbert’s betrayal.
She lifted her head and stared back at her brother, noting the
lines of fatigue around his eyes and mouth. She also saw the
concern.
    She released a sigh and tucked her short
brown hair behind her ear. “You know about the three men tonight?”
She said more than asked.
    “Yes,” he replied, tapping the report in
front of him. “Colbert’s growing brasher. You were lucky you
weren’t killed tonight, Kali. Troy said that you were caught out in
the open.”
    “I knew they were there,” she replied in a
soft voice. “I caught a glimpse when we were topside, but lost
them. They were almost five blocks inside the barrier. That is the
farthest they’ve made it so far. I wanted to know how they were
getting through. We followed them, but lost sight again as we got
closer to the line. I couldn’t let them get back across.”
    “So you used yourself as bait?” Destin bit
out. “I need you alive, Kali. Foolish decisions like that won’t
keep you that way.”
    Kali’s mouth tightened at her brother’s
quiet reprimand. Her fingers curled until her hands were fisted in
her lap. She fought and won the battle with her temper. She didn’t
lose it often, but when she did, shit usually hit the fan.
    Instead, she counted to ten and drew in a
deep, calming breath before replying. “We needed to find the weak
area. I did, in the form of a traitor. Jeffrey was with them.”
    Destin’s head snapped back in shock before
his eyes narrowed in rage. Jeffrey was a relatively new member of
the city who claimed to have found his way here after coming down
from Canada. He had recently been assigned as a perimeter
guard.
    “Damn it. I should have known,” Destin
cursed out as he stood up. He ran his hand through his own short
hair in frustration. “What did you discover?”
    “There is an underground utility tunnel that
we missed,” she replied. “I’ve given the information to Mason. He
and his crew are sealing it even as we speak. That’s why I was
late. There may be others. I’ve instructed Mason to go back through
the archives to see if there are any more