Discovering more about his past wasn’t helping in that regard. I only liked him more and more. He wasn’t just a quick lay now. He was a decorated, revered and qualified Warlord. If Chloe vouched for him, then he’d earned her respect. The hard way. “How did he help you?” I asked. “He was here?” Vice Admiral Niobe noticed my interest, her gaze narrowing on me as if she could somehow know I’d spent time in his bed on The Colony just the night before. She knew what was happening at the Academy, but I wasn’t sure if she knew I’d been the one to lead the training exercise on that planet. “Do you know Warlord Anghar?” she asked. I nodded. “Yes. I just met him during the last training run on The Colony.” I wouldn’t lie, but I could leave out the part where I’d sat on his face and he’d made me