When she’d learned the truth, she’d wished she could go back and kick her past self in the shin.
Talon promised to be as big a headache as Jin.
There was just something about him that said he was accustomed to going off on his own to find trouble that she would have to answer for.
Finn’s entire body tensed like a predator who had just sighted lunch as his gaze latched onto something beyond Kira.
“We should probably go,” Kira instructed.
Before any of the inquisitors Finn was glaring at decided to test their survival skills.
Finn didn’t take his gaze off whatever was beyond her as he turned sideways to let her pass.
“Hey there, rabble rouser.Did you have fun?”Talon asked with a smirk as he pushed off the wall to follow her.
“Depends on your definition of fun.”
Mostly, Kira just wanted to hunt down those responsible for the attack.Fun was what came later.After she’d found the perpetrators.
“I don’t know,” Talon drawled with a long, lingering look at the Hold.“I can think of a few fun things to do in there.”
“Just as long as those thoughts remain in your head for now.”
Talon raised an eyebrow at Kira.“Does that mean you might change your mind later?”
Kira touched the inhibitor on her wrist.“I think I could be convinced.”
She looked up to find Talon’s gaze trained on her new jewelry.Uncomfortable, she shook out her hand and dropped it to her side.
“But first—we ensure Roake’s safety,” Kira ordered.
“If you insist.”Talon flashed her an easy grin before turning and slamming his fist against a gate.“Open up.”
The bars dissolved, breaking into atoms that were then sucked into the ground and stone.
There was a faint pulling sensation as Kira stepped through that lasted only a second before she was on the other side.
She turned back to watch the gate reform as Finn and Talon joined her.
How clever.
In addition to the easily visible physical barrier, the inquisitor’s had included a second, more difficult to detect and thus thwart, barrier fueled by at least one of the guards’ki.
Kira had a feeling that if they hadn’t had permission to leave, that second barrier would have done a lot more than just tug lightly at her.
With Talon and Finn guarding her back, Kira stepped onto the small path that led past the rather steep embankment directly in front of the Hold’s walls.
On the other side, a grassy knoll rambled at the feet of an old forest.Almost unnoticed due to the camouflage allowing it to blend into the trees beyond, a ship bearing an unobtrusive insignia of House Roake waited.
Different in style from other Roake ships that Kira had ridden in, the vessel had sleek lines that suggested it was wicked fast.Kira was betting there was also some type of technology on board to make it difficult to pick up on instruments.
It was small.Barely big enough for her, her two oshota and one other.
In the event of a dog fight, its size would work to its advantage, allowing them to escape and seek refuge in the forest.
Stepping inside, Kira came to an abrupt halt as her face creased in confusion.“Quillon?”
The man was one of those rare Tuann to walk dual paths.In his case, he was both warrior and healer.
