“Does Wert know?” he asked. “I came to you first.” “As Jilly’s father, he has every right to know,” Toth said, “but we must keep this to ourselves. If he discovers his daughter died to protect the man who was supposed to protect her, there would be no calming his rage. He and I are the two faces of the uprising. If a rift forms between us—especially one of that scale—this regime will perish as abruptly as the Amendment Order did.”
Ophala wouldn't. Wert is dead.
