[ It’s no wonder that Ade’s reaction had evoked such a placating response from the woman. The second he’d realized he wasn’t in bed in Aras’s house on Bezer’ej, he’d bolted upright, heart racing and eyes darting around the white-washed room with a growing sense of panic. Unfortunately, the sight of an unfamiliar human in the bed across from him does little to reassure Ade—especially when she reaches a hand out toward him.
He nearly falls out of the bed in an attempt to back away from her reach. ]
Don’t—don’t touch me. [ He’s on his feet now, breathing hard. It’s obvious he’s been extracted from Bezer’ej, but… how? How had anyone gotten past the matriarchs? Past Shan and Aras?
He doesn’t have to ask what they want. He knows that well enough by now. ]
Who are you? Who do you work for?
[ Given how many geopolitical and corporate powers had been after c’nataat, it could be anyone. So long as they’re human, he knows it won’t be an answer he wants to hear. ]
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He nearly falls out of the bed in an attempt to back away from her reach. ]
Don’t—don’t touch me. [ He’s on his feet now, breathing hard. It’s obvious he’s been extracted from Bezer’ej, but… how? How had anyone gotten past the matriarchs? Past Shan and Aras?
He doesn’t have to ask what they want. He knows that well enough by now. ]
Who are you? Who do you work for?
[ Given how many geopolitical and corporate powers had been after c’nataat, it could be anyone. So long as they’re human, he knows it won’t be an answer he wants to hear. ]