CARIAD’S FACE WAS VIVID in Ethan’s mind. He was glad he’d invited her to spend a day planetside with him, but he was also conflicted. The building of the new settlement in the ocean-side caves was progressing rapidly, and he knew the secret would weigh heavily on him while he was with Cariad on their planned excursion.
He wasn’t comfortable about hiding what the Gens were doing from someone who had grown to be a close friend. The problem was, the secret wasn’t his to tell. It was something that involved all the Gens. He couldn’t betray them by telling a Woken about it, even though he personally trusted her not to act on it.
It was inevitable that Cariad would find out. There would come a time in the not too distant future that all the Woken and Guardians would discover the old settlement
