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“But it wasn’t all you,” S’lec-Quos said. “It was difficult for us to learn where your true allegiance lay but we finally discovered the truth.”
I glared at Zes.
“He deserves everything he has coming to him,” I said. “He has no honor.”
Zes growled and his grip on his blaster tightened.
“Alas, Zes was not our key to discovering the truth of your loyalty,” S’lec-Quos said.
He motioned to one side.
In Emana’s direction.
Emana growled at the Changeling in disgust.
“I would never betray my blood!” she screamed. “Never! Never! Never!”
Once her screams died down, her fists forming tight white-knuckled balls at her sides, she followed my gaze to the only other person S’lec-Quos could have been referring to.
No…
Sirena managed to raise her eyes a little—just long enough for me to see the fear and, yes, guilt, that resided in them.
My heart shriveled with grief.
“Sirena…” I said. “It’s not true. Please tell me it’s not true.”
For the longest time, she couldn’t even speak.
“I… I wanted to go home,” she said in a barely audible voice. “I thought I had to…”
It was enough.
Sirena had surprised me many times over the past few days. And now she’d struck me with the most powerful blow yet.
She had betrayed me.
8
SIRENA
I clutched the overhead strap with both my hands as the shuttlecraft encountered turbulence on its way out of the moon’s atmosphere. We floated into space and the darkness enveloped us on every side.
I had left.
I was no longer on the moon I’d been imprisoned on this entire time. I had achieved my mission and I was leaving all the people I met behind.
The two Changeling pilots sat in the front seats and flicked a bunch of switches and turned a host of dials. They conversed with Computer about a bunch of different tasks they needed it to carry out.
The pilot leaned back and peered back at me.
“Next stop, Earth,” he said with a grin.
I smiled back but the expression didn’t have the impact on my emotions I hoped it would.
I gazed out the porthole at the infinity of space. Strange, I thought, that I didn’t feel particularly airsick out here. It was a very smooth journey. I might have been on a slick train.
The shuttlecraft arched around and moved past the moon at an angle. I peered down at that small marble. Was it as big as Earth? Maybe. It was hard to tell without something to compare it to. I cupped a C shape with my hand and placed the moon inside it.
