Magic Betrayed (The Elustria Chronicles: Magic Born Book 3) by Caethes Faron

Author:Caethes Faron [Faron, Caethes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Branwen Press
Published: 2017-04-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Once the last person left the Council chamber, Lilibet turned to me. “Let’s go.”

I’d never seen her face so determined. We took the rings from inside the chamber to the closest ones to the greenhouse entrance. Before the work started, I needed to apologize. “Lilibet, I’m sorry for earlier, for what I said about your father. I need to learn to not let my frustration take hold of me. Thanks for bringing me with you. I think it did do me some good.”

“You’re welcome, and I accept your apology. Just try to remember that we’re all on the same team. I wasn’t upset because Thaddeus is my father; I was upset because I’ve seen the steps he’s taken to protect you. Trust isn’t something to give away lightly, but if you don’t trust your teammates, you'll end up getting yourself killed. And I don’t think I could handle consoling Kellan over the loss of our only Earth-raised agent.” The joke more than anything let me know our relationship would be all right. Lilibet didn’t let many people see that side of her.

It seemed soon to be asking for a favor, but I couldn’t help it once we were inside the Greenhouse. “I’d like to be part of the team that’s going to be on this.”

“Of course you'll be on the team, but that doesn’t mean you can go into the field. Your knowledge of your mother’s work is as much of a lead as we have.” Lilibet led the way to the pit and scanned the room. “Darian, Priya, you’re with me. Come on.”

“But I’m in the middle of an assignment Thaddeus gave me yesterday,” Darian said.

“Then you’re reassigned. In fact, you’re doing double duty. Kat still needs a shadow.”

Would the ridiculousness never end? “Really, I think I’m fine.”

“No, it’s protocol. It’s even more important now. Like I said, you’re our only lead. That means you’re a target for the Directorate. This might explain the attack at your trials and the listening device in your room. Is there anyone you’ve talked to about your mother’s work? Are there any conversations that could’ve been overheard?”

“If there were, they would’ve been in general terms, nothing specific or helpful.” The exception was my conversations with Millhook about my father’s power, but I still was not ready to let them know about that. It wouldn’t help anything, and Millhook had assured me our conversations were private.

Lilibet led our little group to a mission room, a small space with a conference table that teams used when they needed privacy. Once we were all seated, she spoke.

“We just received new intelligence, and it takes priority over everything else. I don’t know how many people in the CCS Calista’s willing to bring into this, so until she gets here, it’s just us.”

Darian stood. “I respect Calista, but I fear Thaddeus. If I don’t get this intelligence report on his desk before he gets back from the Council meeting, he'll kill me.”

“Darian, sit down!” I didn’t know Lilibet had that tone in her repertoire.

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