Chapter Fifteen
Cariad had set up an office at the Leader’s planetside residence and sent out messages to the Gens on Montfort’s list of subjects, requesting their presence for an informal chat. She scheduled four people to come and see her that afternoon. She hadn’t specified the subject of the conversation, thinking that anything she said might influence what they would be willing to tell her. Also, if she made the reason for the request too specific, her intent to root out the remaining Natural Movement saboteurs would be clear. Cariad was aware she was treading a tightrope: she had to try to discover any remaining threats to the colony, but at the same time she was terrified of alerting the terrorists and triggering another devastating attack.
If the situation were different, she wou
