His words rattled around in her head, both fatalistic and undeniably true. What was the point of planning a future if any path you chose ended with you murdered? It was the same thing Nita struggled with now—she couldn’t pursue her own dreams without risking kidnapping and murder. For Kovit, he’d have to literally change INHUP’s laws. They both walked along a high wire, and any false step could send them plummeting to their deaths.
