“Then we have an understanding,” Gus agreed reluctantly.
If she thought about it, this was the best outcome possible that would also maintain the fragile peace of Titan.
“We do,” Cronus said, inclining her head.
Gus relaxed her shoulders, the tension that had invaded her frame draining away.Well—that was easier than she’d expected.She thought there’d be far more bloodshed before they reached an accord.
Cronus jerked her head at one of the humans by the exit.“Arthur will take you.”
Gus glanced in the direction Cronus indicated, spotting a freckle faced, blue eyed man standing off to the side.
“Thanks, but I prefer to go along,” Gus drawled as the man gave her a toothy smile and jaunty little wave.
This was already more social interaction than she’d had in—perhaps ever.
A rueful expression touched Cronus’s features.“I’m afraid it’s not that simple.”
Gus studied her, reading between the lines.“They’re not on Titan, are they?”
Figured.
After their last encounter, her siblings wouldn’t want to linger in Gus’s territory just in case she had something else up her sleeve.They’d want to stay in proximity though.
“They’re hiding in the Falling’s wreckage,” Gus concluded out loud.
Where else could you go that was within spitting distance but also guaranteed a certain level of anonymity?
Faint lines of amusement appeared at the corners of Cronus’s eyes.“You’ll need a guide.”
The Falling’s maze of wreckage was notoriously difficult to navigate.Salvagers spent their entire careers developing exploration routes and guarded that information with their lives.There was no way Gus would be able to locate her siblings’ hideout without help.
“Yes, I do.But not you.”
Or anyone associated with Cronus.
After the threats she’d just made, Gus didn’t trust them not to try to kill her once they got her away from the station.They probably wouldn’t succeed if they came at her face-to-face, but if they decided to blow up the ship with her and their person inside, there would be little she could do to save herself.
Cronus frowned.“That’s suicide.”
“Send the location.I’ll take it from there,” Gus said, already making plans.
Cronus’s lackeys stood firm, not giving way as Gus moved toward them.
“Are we going to have a problem?”Gus asked.
And here she’d thought they’d cleared up their issues.
Cronus made a frustrated face and waved her people off.“You should know—wizards arrived on station an hour ago.”
“Your information is out of date,” Gus informed her.
The Tuann had been on Titan for days now.
“I don’t think so.These wizards had the Phoenix with them.”
Kira.
“Are you sure?”
