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BRAEDON CALLED for silence and all faces around the table turned serious. The twins scurried out of the room, whispering and carrying a supply of cake.
Braedon began. “You will have gathered that these people are my family and the ones who will be at the head of the parade and will have to be protected during the event. As Daya already told you, there has been a worrying development overnight.”
But he hadn’t said what, so she still didn’t know whether it was even worse news, or something she’d actually been trained for.
“We’ve been taking part in an experiment run by the Trader Guild where our hub communicates with a communication satellite owned by the Guild, which accesses the Exchange network through its own automated node. The purpose of this is to increase security, enable encr
