Chapter 104. Brave New World (3)

Troy was pissed off, he really was, but he was also relieved. This meant that they still had time. He could still get to her, to them.

“Will I take this? Will I win?” Troy asked Keira.

“You’re Troy Pierce. You’ve spent your youth trying to liberate these people. Almost definitely, Troy,” she answered.

As Troy stared Dean down, his relief turned to terror. If he had more time to get to her, so did Dean. He tried to read his brother, tried to figure out if he shared Keira’s confidence about Troy winning the election. He needed to get it right this time. To guess right this time. He couldn’t live in a world that she wasn’t in.

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[Sartis Est]

“Give her the phone,” said Aaron.

Troy had been calling Kate incessantly since they arrived in Sartis Est and she took the castle. Aria played hardball with Kate, flat out refusing the marriage that meant giving up on Troy. Dean didn’t really want her married anyway. He just wanted Troy to leave Warlanda,