Besides, he had confidence in his father. Gregor Bredakoff’s security arrangements would probably be so tight that Kasinda would be caught before she got very far. Then she’d be the one who had to listen to the stern lecture.
“I promise,” he said aloud.
He didn’t see her at all for the next three days. Every time he called, he got the message that she was out, or that she was too busy to talk to him. He imagined her skulking around, prying into his father’s security arrangements, looking for that hole she claimed she could slip through. More than once, he almost told his father about her plans, but he always changed his mind at the last minute.
As the Vanakh’s arrival neared, his father drew more and more into his work. To make up for Kasinda’s absence, Alex plunged himself more deeply
