“As we finish eating, Alexander meets Fiere’s eyes. “You should be going.”
With a nod, she rises and leaves the room. I watch curiously. Going where? I know better than to ask.
“This should be my mission,” Idris says angrily.
Saben rises, too. “We’ll give you a report when we get back,” he tells Alexander.
“I wish I were still up to it,” Alexander says. He grimaces. “Makes me feel like an old man to watch you go off on this mission without me. Time was . . .”
Saben grips his shoulder. “Can’t risk the general on the front lines.”
Alexander covers Saben’s hand with his own. “Godspeed.”
Idris watches this byplay and his face hardens. Without a word, he stalks out of the room.
Saben nods and leaves. I look at Wyck and Halla to see what they make of it all, but they look as clueless as I am.
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