Chapter Thirteen
“Who the krat’s Alef?” Jas asked as Carl sped down the street. The acceleration pushed her back into her seat.
“Alef from geo-phys,” Carl replied.
“I knew I’d seen him before,” exclaimed Sayen, “but I couldn’t remember from where. I didn’t recognize him out of uniform, and I was only with him for a couple of minutes.”
“Geo-phys like Margret?” Jas asked. “I was right. There was another Shadow aboard the ship. So he went into the trap with her and got replaced at the same time?”
“Yep, he must have,” answered Carl. “You remember when we were trying to get onto the flight deck? It was Alef who helped me tackle Loba, before the misborn got away from me. I left Alef behind when I chased after him.”
“But why would he help you take down Loba if he was a Shadow himself?” aske
