CARIAD DID A LITTLE research before she went to meet the Gen called Osias who had won the election. The new Leader was young—only in his late twenties—and he was a mechanic who had worked under Garwin, as Montfort had said.
Whether he’d been Garwin’s friend or not, perhaps some of the older man’s previous charm had rubbed off on him. From what Cariad could tell from his campaign speeches, he seemed to be a good choice. Like his previous supervisor, he was sociable and always ready with a smile, yet he seemed level-headed too. And he was focused on integrating the Woken and the Gens.
Already, only a short time after banding together to reject the Guardians’ interference, divisions were opening up again. The Woken spent most of their time aboard the Nova Fortuna while the Gens rarely ventu
