Page 58 of Salvation
“How do you know?”
“Trust me,you’dknow if your souls had merged. It changes you in such a profound way that you wouldn’t be able to hide it, especially from me. You would have known the moment Nick was kidnapped, where he’d been taken, and where he is now. Everything he knows, everything he is, would be a part of you. And that’s not the case, is it?”
Sakura swallowed and gave her head a shake.
Alex smiled. “Then we’ll have to figure out another way to find him and Dante.”
“Can Admiral Helyg bring in the Unified Fleet?”
“The fleet brass and Administer Corvus have denied his request to do just that, which is driving him ape-shit. But, they don’t want to draw the attention of the Arruch.”
K’rona stood straight. “We must prepare to leave as soon as the storm breaks. Allazandra, you come with me. Sakura, you will stay with Flora.”
Sakura’s mouth dropped open. “I am coming too.”
“Flora requires protection. Allazandra has survival and tracking skills, you do not. Please, to argue wastes precious time. Time Nick may not have.”
“But, I’m a healer, and they may need me.”
“I’m a healer too, Sakura,” Alex said. “I am also a mother placing the well-being of her child in your hands. Believe me, this is just as important as finding Nicky and Dante.”
Sakura opened her mouth to argue, then snapped it shut again. There were no more arguments to be made. She was staying and the others were going, and that is the way it would be regardless of what she wanted. One thing was certain, she was going to learn survival skills and how to track. And combat skills too, because no one was going to leave her behind again.
