“D-did you plan this?” The marroweels and the mercenaries and whatever else he had in his head? He frowned. “Did you really believe that Banner’s legionnaires couldn’t kill a handful of marroweels?” So yes, he had planned this. “People died. Did you send soldiers into the Krisenth, knowing they wouldn’t return?” Say no. Please say no. I would not be able to look at him again if he’d willingly used his people as bait for some political scheme. “The marroweels have been attacking along the trade route. Every life lost has been a tragedy. Once we realized it was no longer safe, we staged the
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