Would Asto do that, if they were really involved in the whole mess? That was not at all the style of the Asto military. Never discount anything, of course, but in the history I had read of Asto, their policy was shoot first, ask questions later. OK, so let’s just presume they had shot. Where were the questions?
Oh, confound it. My mind was wandering all over the place. I needed to think about this letter, and I didn’t feel comfortable with both Devin and Thayu watching me like cats before a mouse hole.
I grabbed my reader, pushed myself from the chair and strode out of the room, across the hall, through the sitting room. I opened the doors to the balcony and stepped into the hot midday air. The heavy scent of tropical flowers enveloped me. I leaned on the railing, looking out over the ma
