Far Called Trilogy 01 - in Dark Service
“She didn’t know which she should be more shocked at. The fact that one of the station’s slaves was the true heir to the throne of Weyland, or that when it had come to it, Carter Carnehan had been willing to sacrifice his life to save hers. The plotters had scattered back to their duties. Kerge returned to his repair bay. Only Carter walked with Willow. He had changed. The sky mines altered everyone, of course. Or perhaps the deaths and hardships just stripped away the lies and falsehoods people... surrounded themselves with, revealing their true identity beneath their layers. That was a mining of sorts, too.
‘So you still don’t know who betrayed your escape,’ said Willow, if only to break the pensive silence between them.
‘I’m not sure I care anymore,’ said Carter. ‘I was so certain Owen and Anna sold us out. I would have brained the lot of them, and for what? What would I have achieved? Cracked the head of a man who should have worn the crown back home?’ ‘Anyone could have betrayed you,’ said Willow.MoreLess
‘So you still don’t know who betrayed your escape,’ said Willow, if only to break the pensive silence between them.
‘I’m not sure I care anymore,’ said Carter. ‘I was so certain Owen and Anna sold us out. I would have brained the lot of them, and for what? What would I have achieved? Cracked the head of a man who should have worn the crown back home?’ ‘Anyone could have betrayed you,’ said Willow.MoreLess
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