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“It will be if we can get the fuck out of here,” the Dark Twin growled. “I didn’t leave a single male standing, but I think some of the Tribunal escaped, so we need to go.”
Lili felt faint.
“You…you killed all of them?” she whispered. She wasn’t sure, but she estimated there must have been forty or fifty warriors in the Tribunal Chamber. No wonder Dark was covered in blood! It must have been a massacre—she was glad she hadn’t seen it.
“Yes, all,” Dark said flatly, staring straight ahead. “It was them or me—I chose me.”
Lili wasn’t sure what to feel…or what the Dark Twin was feeling either. His tone was oddly flat, as though now that The Fury was fading, so were his emotions.
But there would be time to worry about that later, she told herself. For now, they just had to get out of here in one piece and get back to the Mother Ship!
38
LILI
For a while it didn’t seem that they would make it. The moment Dark pulled back on the steering yoke, shooting them into the sky, several more Dark Kindred shuttles followed.
“Hang on,” Dark growled. “Evasive maneuvers.”
The long-range shuttled ducked and dived, shaking them all like dice in a cup. Lili was extremely glad her harness was securely fastened or she would have been bouncing around all over the place!
Then she saw it—the glowing red, horizontal slash in space.
“That’s it—the fold!” Light said tensely. “If we can get through that, we’ll be home free.”
“It depends on if they want to follow us through or not,” Dark said grimly. “Of course, if they want to fight the Mother Ship, they’ll have a fuck of a battle on their hands.”
But it seemed that the Dark Kindred ships knew that. One by one they veered away as the fold grew closer and closer. Some sent parting shots, but Dark evaded every one. It gave Lili an appreciation of what an excellent pilot the Dark Twin was.
When they finally flew out the other side of the fold and the pearly white side of the Mother Ship came into view, Lili wanted to cry again.
“Oh…” she whispered, blinking hard. “I…I never thought I’d see the Mother Ship again. Or you two either,” she added, looking at both Dark and Light, who were on either side of her. “I…I thought I was going to be torn apart by those awful metal sniffers!”
“You nearly were,” Dark growled. “Why did you come after us? Didn’t you know how fucking dangerous Zeaga Four is for feelers?”
“Yes, I was told several times,” Lili acknowledged. “But, well, I have something to tell you—and something to show you—something important.” She didn’t want to tell them about the harmonizer yet—let it be a surprise for when they got back to the Mother Ship.
“So important you’d risk your life?” Dark growled incredulously.
“She risked her life for us, Brother,” Light said quietly. “She came to get us because she still cares. Don’t you, Lilibet?” he added, looking at her.
Lili nodded.
“I do still care—for both of you,” she said earnestly. “And, well, I was hoping that you two might still care about me, too.”
“We do!” Light said, putting an arm around her. “So much, sweetheart!”
“Oh, Light…” Lili turned to him and hugged him, breathing in his familiar fresh-cut cedar scent. Then she turned and looked uncertainly at his brother. “Dark?” she asked hopefully. “Can I have a hug?”
But the Dark Twin only stared straight ahead.
“I’m a fucking mess right now, little Lili,” he rumbled. “Maybe after I get cleaned up.”
Lili didn’t care—she would have hugged him, even covered in blood and oil as he was. But she realized that something was going on with him…something seemed to be missing from him that wasn’t missing from Light.
“All right,” she said softly. “Maybe we can go back to my suite in the Mother Ship and talk there.”
“You have your own suite now?” Light asked.
