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the
spot near the other wall. No windows. They must be in the center of the
building.
    “Where’s
the rest of the department?” asked Thane.
    “Next
door,” she said. “And no, it doesn’t look any more lavish than this.”
    “We
could use some color in here,” said Rune. “Maybe a painting
or ten?”
    “I
asked if we could paint the walls, but apparently that’s not allowed.”
    “They
want us to focus on our work,” said Cord, rolling his eyes. “Not on art or
color.”
    Rune
nodded. “That’s the Regum, all the way.”
    “We’re
all having lunch together today,” said Arlo. “So don’t make any plans.”
    He
looked directly at Gia. “Sounds good to me.”
    She
returned his smile. “Apparently they have some great restaurants close to the
Ministry. So, welcome, and I’ll see you both later.”
    She
disappeared into her office and shut the door. Once Rune finished setting up
his desk, which took all of ten minutes, he and Thane went into Arlo’s office
and closed the door.
    Rune
didn’t waste any time. “Is she with anyone?”
    Arlo
frowned. “Gia?”
    Rune
nodded. Please say no .
    “Be
careful there. Both of you. I saw the way Thane
drooled over her, too. She was in the holding cells and was chosen by a Tyrann
fighter pilot. He was taking her to his house in a land craft when he had some
kind of mechanical trouble. She got away by knocking him out with a large tree
branch, and then she ran for miles through the woods, in the middle of a storm.
By the time she was found, she had nearly died from hypothermia and
dehydration.”
    Rune
swallowed hard. “I didn’t realize that.”
    “And
that’s not all. She was in the holding cells for weeks, and there are rumors
this man who took her that night wasn’t the first one to choose her. But she
never talks about it, so don’t ask her. The reason we pushed to steal her from
her former department is because of what she went through. She’s the perfect
person to write this content for us because she has firsthand experience. She
understands all too well what they’re doing on Voyeur Moon. So does Fallon.”
    “What
about Callie?” asked Rune.
    “She
does, too. We’ve been trying to convince her to write for us from home, and
then we’d have Gia translate it, but Jakara said she’s not ready to relive
those days again. He isn’t sure she’ll ever want to do it.”
    “How
do you know Gia is ready?” asked Thane.
    “We
asked her. Her former department head, Petroff, laid out for her what we wanted
her to do, and then she came here to talk to the three of us, and agreed right
away. All Gia has done since she came to live and work here on Sera is work.
She lives in the apartments attached to the Ministry. Petroff once asked her
whether she didn’t want to buy a home or at least find a condo to lease, and
she told him she feels safer right here. She doesn’t even have to go outside to
get home.”
    “She’s
still afraid,” said Rune.
    “Very.”
Arlo gave them each a stern look. “So please tread carefully. It wouldn’t look
right for a Ministry worker to harass an Earth woman working in a department
branch trying to inform our people what animals the Tyranns are toward them.”
    Rune
agreed with him, but he still wanted to get to know Gia. He’d glimpsed so much
depth in those beautiful brown eyes. She was in there, just waiting to be set
free. And he was determined to help her do that .
     

Chapter
Three
     
    Thane
managed to finagle a seat on one side of Gia while Rune took the other one.
They sat across from Cord, Arlo, and Fallon in a restaurant down the street
from the Ministry called Imàgo. Gia chuckled softly at the name, and Thane
asked her why she found it funny.
    “It’s
a very famous, upscale restaurant in Rome. Or at least, it used to be.” She
frowned, and his heart went out to her. What must it be like to have your
planet invaded and ruined? And then brought to another one, and endure whatever
she’d gone