“I heard there’s going to be a mob of infantry guys there,” Nadine says as she joins us. “Don’t you prefer a little brain with your brawn?” Ridoc slides right in, Sawyer at his side. “You did not try to leave without me!” Liam shouts as he runs forward, darting through the crowd as we move toward the staircase that leads to Basgiath’s main campus. “I was hoping you’d been given the night off,” I answer truthfully as he reaches my side. “Don’t you look handsome.” “I know.” He preens sarcastically, straightening his sash over a midnight-black doublet.
