“Alive?”Īli looks at him, a sad smile on her lips. “You’re letting us leave?” Ryan asks hopefully. Once they’re out, take them to their boat at the old pier. I’m not the only one who will be coming for them, I just got here first. “Sam,” she says, turning to face him, her entire demeanor changing. Then suddenly she nods curtly as though coming to an agreement with me, an agreement I know nothing about. She stares at me the longest, her face blank. We stand statue still, all very aware of the gun hanging heavy and dark at her side. “That’s Helios.”Īli looks to Trent who shrugs, unconcerned.Īli stares at each of us in turn. I nod quickly, though it’s more like shaking. “A warrior like you,” Ali finishes for me, the gun lowering again. The gun is back in my face in an instant. Whatever softness was building in her leaks away. Her eyes dart from me to Ryan, to Trent and back again. “The Hive has his daughter and he’ll never leave her.” “What is he waiting for?” she asks, her tone giving nothing away. Her fingers flex slightly on the handle of the gun. He showed us a map, told us he helped you plant a garden here and that he had an open invitation to join whenever he wanted but he won’t because he’s waiting.”Īli takes a deep breath. That they were liars and traitors and he was right. “He said we never should ask The Hive for anything. “Crenshaw is the one who told us about you originally,” I continue, hoping to hit home again with his name. God, Heaven and divine retribution – that’s all Colony talk.”
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