Chapter Five
Mina grew nervous about her father’s reaction to her plan as they docked on Zandian Freedom , the ugly training pod. “Where did you get this thing?” she asked to distract herself. Industrial and gray, the metal structure was clearly more utilitarian than homey.
“The pod? It was an Ocretion death pod. Lamira’s sister, Lily, was sentenced to death on it and her mate, Rok, shot it down to rescue her. Our army in training consists of the slaves and prisoners they found on board.” He put an atmospheric helmet on her before pulling one on for himself.
“Hmm. That was handy.” Her voice echoed in her ears as it played in their joint comms. “They receive a full pardon only if they swear fealty to the purple king?”
Erick grinned, apparently not offended by her dry assessment. He some
