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that something is going very, very wrong.”
    Their quartet was quiet as three of them ate and Alara drank her sweet tea. The day had taken a very strange turn and being given a bunk in the barracks came as a relief.
     

Chapter Four
     
     
    Might and Stone came into the empty barracks, and they stood at the edge of her bunk.
    She gave them an arch look over the edge of her tablet. “Yes?”
    “The minder is arriving in seven hours. By dawn, Clovid should be gone.” Might smiled.
    “Good. I will go over and try to sort the remaining Citadel members after that. Some might need counselling. Will the minder return?” She sat up and looked at both of them.
    “They are sending an assessment team with the subduer.”
    She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and stood up. “Are they sending a null? That would be most effective.”
    Stone smiled. “They are. You seem to have grasped the necessary details.”
    She shrugged. “I did some reading.”
    Might looked at Stone. “I see what you meant. She does have a facility for learning.”
    “It is alarming if she is able to access everything her eyes seek out. She can see the data streams.”
    Riasa held up a hand. “Only if there is visible data being transmitted. My mind needs to know it is an image to process it.”
    Might chuckled. “You might want to take a walk with Stone and see what you can see.”
    Natu held out his hand and raised his eyebrows. “Shall we?”
    She narrowed her eyes at him. “What is going on?”
    “You and I are taking a walk in the moonlight.”
    She placed her hand in his, and his skin warmed and softened against hers.
    Might watched them for a moment before he left.
    “What is he up to, Natu?”
    He started to walk, and he kept his hand around hers. “He is following Alara’s vision. She can see possibilities, but according to Alara, we are a certainty.”
    “I thought your folk didn’t mix with others.”
    “We don’t, but since I am the exception to my folk, you can be the exception for me.”
    To her surprise, he lifted her hand and pressed a kiss to the back of it. Again, the moment that his skin touched hers, it changed texture.
    She stared at his lips as he pulled away. “So, stars?”
    He chuckled and they walked through the facility and out into the night. Instead of walking, he gathered her in his arms and launched from the ground into the air.
    She squeaked and held tight to his shoulders. She was high enough on his chest to see his wings working against the wind. She could also see the base and Citadel. There was something very wrong with the Citadel.
    She continued to stare toward the Citadel, and she could see what it was sending. “Son of the ugliest goat in the herd. He is telling them about me! ”
    “I am sorry, but it was going to happen.”
    “Take me back there; I will drown him in his own drool.” She snarled and tensed in Natu’s arms.
    “They know about him now. You are the last person he will tell on. If it makes you feel better, he doesn’t know all that you can do. He thinks you are just a keen-eyed vision talent.”
    She still wanted to pound his smarmy face into the floor. “Fine, but I get to be there with the minder when they confront him.”
    “That is up to Might and the minder.”
    He landed and set her on her feet.
    She glared up at him. “Clovid is the wrong colour. He should be purple.”
    Natu blinked. “Are you sure?”
    “I am sure. He has been tampered with. Everything about him is wrong.”
    “Are the scars on half his face not genuine?”
    “They are, but he isn’t. He shouldn’t look like he does. I can see turmoil under his skin. It is repulsive.”
    “What do you see when you look at me?” His crystal grey eyes were bright points in his shadowed features.
    “I just see you, Natu. No more, no less.” It was strange to say it to someone who was so focussed on her, so she looked past him at the stars. “Oh, my.”
    He sighed. “I know I cannot compete with