“I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE,” Ethan said.
The Guardian was outside his flitter, about to move on after issuing her command. His response halted her mid-step. She turned back. “It wasn’t a suggestion. All Gens must return to their dwellings immediately.”
Grief and despair gnawed at Ethan. Cariad was gone. The one person he felt close to. First Dr. Crowley, then Lauren, and now Cariad. And it wasn’t only that he would miss her so badly. Cariad had been the only friendly Woken he’d known apart from Dr. Crowley. She’d given him hope of a future when Gens and Woken would see eye-to-eye. Her death had killed that hope.
“I said,” he replied through his teeth. “I’m not going anywhere.”
The Guardians didn’t want anyone interfering with the evidence from the shuttle explosion, of course. That was wh
