Chapter 385

“Idiots,” she said in English, “how many times do we have to tell them the ore is unstable? It can power a weapon, but it cannot be launched from one!”

“Sister,” Ra soothed, “you are so worked up you’re speaking in Mama’s language.”

“It’s them,” Hannah fumed, “I can barely stand them. You know how they treated…”

Hannah stopped talking and took several deep breaths. She had obviously hidden the relationship Rue had had with me. I wondered why she’d done that for these jerks and not her father. It piqued my temper.

“Hannah, could I speak to you privately for just a moment?” I asked stepping back from the group.

Hannah approached and leaned down waiting for the inevitable question.

“You didn’t tell them, obviously, that Rue kept me as a slave for a time. Why did you have to tell them what your father did? Couldn’t it have been hidden somehow? Couldn’t you have convinced them somehow, so your father and I could be together?”

Hannah looked seriou