“Well then, I look forward to your plans on the matter.” “I will not,” Aldrik said softly as the door opened. Vhalla’s heart stopped. “Excuse me?” the Emperor asked coldly. “She has done too much. We need her. I need—” “In what ways do you need her?” Emperor Solaris finished for his son, cruelly skewering the words that Aldrik was letting get away from him. “You know in what way!”
