looked at Lancer with puckered lips and her brows drawn close together:
almost like she had eaten a sour piece of candy. It appeared she did not like
Lancer.
“Xandrie, good to see you too.” Lancer didn’t even look at
her when he responded. He was looking at Ash.
“Ash, can I talk to you for a moment?” Lancer asked Ash as
he walked into the other room.
I looked at Xandrie and asked, “What’s up with you and
Lancer? Are you friends?”
“We were lovers when I was in London and it didn’t end
well.” Xandrie said matter of factly.
“Oh, I had no idea.” Which made me want to listen in to what
Ash and Lancer were saying.
I just caught the end of the discussion, “…she will never
work with me if I get to come back to Earth. She will have to join a different
squad. Why would you bring her on to our squad?” That was Lancer asking
Ash.
Ash replied, “She will do whatever she has to in order to
keep B’Lana safe. Don’t you even care if she is safe? I don’t know what
happened between you two, but you need to get past it.”
“Xandrie left me for Cash. I knew we weren’t mates, but I
still cared very much for her. She just up and left me one day, with no
forewarning. We had concert tickets that day too, and she just walked out and
said goodbye, no reason for it.”
“Um, Xandrie, can I ask what happened with you and Lancer?”
“After Hannah died our entire squad had issues. We did not
get along well. And Lancer just seemed to stop caring, so I left him.” Xandrie
didn’t seem to have any issues telling me her past with Lancer.
I knew I needed to vet her, but I was inside my own head
thinking about all of the drama that we might have to deal with once Lancer
returned.
Ash and Lancer walked back into the room with Xandrie and
me. “Ok, we need to round up the warriors so we can start interviewing them.”
Ash said to everyone.
“Ash what about your other friend you told us about last
night?” I asked.
“He can’t make it today. He plans to meet up with us at the
courthouse tomorrow.” Ash explained.
The Reverend had a list of eight of his guards he believed
would work well with us. They were sent in one at a time to the living room
where Ash, Lancer, and I were meeting with them all. Ash and Lancer asked them
questions while I read their minds to see if I could sense anything wrong, or
if their loyalties were not with the Reverend.
I sat on the couch next to Ash and didn’t say anything until
the seventh guard came in. He seemed nice enough, and answered all of the
questions properly. But I sensed something dark in him. I couldn’t put my
finger on it, but I knew I could not trust him.
“Reuben, how long have you worked for the Reverend?” I
needed to see if I could find out what was bothering me about him.
“I have been with Reverend Del for only six months, but I
have attended services at his church since I was a child. I have known him most
of my life.” Reuben responded.
“What about your family? Do they still attend services at
his church?”
“Yes, my entire family is part of the congregation. In fact,
one of my cousins is a leader at the church and studying to become a reverend
himself.”
“Do you keep in touch with your family regularly, now that
you are working here? I can’t imagine you get much free time.”
“Yes, I speak with them at least once a week, and I see them
in services as well. The Reverend is good about giving us time off to attend
services.”
I was listening to what his mouth said as well as his mind,
and something wasn’t adding up. He said he spoke with his family regularly, but
his thoughts were different. They seemed to say he rarely spoke to them.
Someone else had become more important to him.
“Ok, thank you Reuben for telling me more about yourself.” I
knew he was not to be trusted.
“Ash, don’t trust him. I can’t put my finger on it but he
is going to betray the Reverend or us.” I said via mind speak.
The next guard
almost like she had eaten a sour piece of candy. It appeared she did not like
Lancer.
“Xandrie, good to see you too.” Lancer didn’t even look at
her when he responded. He was looking at Ash.
“Ash, can I talk to you for a moment?” Lancer asked Ash as
he walked into the other room.
I looked at Xandrie and asked, “What’s up with you and
Lancer? Are you friends?”
“We were lovers when I was in London and it didn’t end
well.” Xandrie said matter of factly.
“Oh, I had no idea.” Which made me want to listen in to what
Ash and Lancer were saying.
I just caught the end of the discussion, “…she will never
work with me if I get to come back to Earth. She will have to join a different
squad. Why would you bring her on to our squad?” That was Lancer asking
Ash.
Ash replied, “She will do whatever she has to in order to
keep B’Lana safe. Don’t you even care if she is safe? I don’t know what
happened between you two, but you need to get past it.”
“Xandrie left me for Cash. I knew we weren’t mates, but I
still cared very much for her. She just up and left me one day, with no
forewarning. We had concert tickets that day too, and she just walked out and
said goodbye, no reason for it.”
“Um, Xandrie, can I ask what happened with you and Lancer?”
“After Hannah died our entire squad had issues. We did not
get along well. And Lancer just seemed to stop caring, so I left him.” Xandrie
didn’t seem to have any issues telling me her past with Lancer.
I knew I needed to vet her, but I was inside my own head
thinking about all of the drama that we might have to deal with once Lancer
returned.
Ash and Lancer walked back into the room with Xandrie and
me. “Ok, we need to round up the warriors so we can start interviewing them.”
Ash said to everyone.
“Ash what about your other friend you told us about last
night?” I asked.
“He can’t make it today. He plans to meet up with us at the
courthouse tomorrow.” Ash explained.
The Reverend had a list of eight of his guards he believed
would work well with us. They were sent in one at a time to the living room
where Ash, Lancer, and I were meeting with them all. Ash and Lancer asked them
questions while I read their minds to see if I could sense anything wrong, or
if their loyalties were not with the Reverend.
I sat on the couch next to Ash and didn’t say anything until
the seventh guard came in. He seemed nice enough, and answered all of the
questions properly. But I sensed something dark in him. I couldn’t put my
finger on it, but I knew I could not trust him.
“Reuben, how long have you worked for the Reverend?” I
needed to see if I could find out what was bothering me about him.
“I have been with Reverend Del for only six months, but I
have attended services at his church since I was a child. I have known him most
of my life.” Reuben responded.
“What about your family? Do they still attend services at
his church?”
“Yes, my entire family is part of the congregation. In fact,
one of my cousins is a leader at the church and studying to become a reverend
himself.”
“Do you keep in touch with your family regularly, now that
you are working here? I can’t imagine you get much free time.”
“Yes, I speak with them at least once a week, and I see them
in services as well. The Reverend is good about giving us time off to attend
services.”
I was listening to what his mouth said as well as his mind,
and something wasn’t adding up. He said he spoke with his family regularly, but
his thoughts were different. They seemed to say he rarely spoke to them.
Someone else had become more important to him.
“Ok, thank you Reuben for telling me more about yourself.” I
knew he was not to be trusted.
“Ash, don’t trust him. I can’t put my finger on it but he
is going to betray the Reverend or us.” I said via mind speak.
The next guard
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