Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate, #1)

by Megan E. O'Keefe

“Did you mean to?” Graham asked, startling Biran out of his downward spiral. Biran blinked at him, trying to focus. “Mean to what?” “Make a mistake.” “You can’t plan to make a mistake, Dad.” “Then stop being so hard on yourself, idiot.”

Someday he’d like to get used to being wrong. Then maybe he’d start being right.

“We must be better than a codified system,” Sanda pressed. “What good are our laws if they cannot be reexamined to better fit the needs of our present society?”