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“How easy do you think it would be for you to give up that position when you wanted to disappear?”
“Why Druin? Didn’t you know what he would do?”
“Of course I did. That was why I allowed him to take over. My cells can work independantly and there was no way they would follow someone like him. His reign would not — and will not — last long. He will be replaced in short order.”
“By who?”
I arched an eyebrow at him. “I think you know who.”
It didn’t take him long to guess. “Cayggod?”
“He knows my organization better than anyone. Better even than me most of the time. He will make an excellent head and he will reign for a long time… if he wants to.”
Then another realization came to him. “You opened my cell!”
“I merely unlocked it. You were the one who walked through it.”
“As you knew I would.”
I nodded. “As I knew you would.”
“And you took out the guards too.”
I shrugged my shoulders. “That’s his own fault. He was being arrogant and pushy. I hate people without the good manners the Creator gifted them, don’t you?”
I looked at Lily, whose attention was taken with something at the back of the bay area.
It was Isla.
She peeked out her head at us.
“It’s all right,” I said. “These are my friends. You can trust them. You can come out.”
She was slow to do so, but finally did.
I took her by the hand.
“Lily, I believe you’ve met before,” I said.
Without even seeing the other human’s face, Lily nodded. “Very well. How did you two come to meet?”
I kissed Isla’s hand. “I was inspired by how Ohara fell for you. I took a long good look at my life and realized I had all the things money could buy… and none of the things money couldn’t buy. As for the details… well, I guess I’ll tell you all about that on the way to the new home you’re going to take us to.”
It was the truth… at least, partly.
They didn’t need to know about our true complex past nor what we intended on doing next.
Knowing the truth could only put them in danger.
Lily smiled, thinking she might know what he was talking about.
“We’ve escaped Ikmal,” Thillak said. “Drop us off on any planet we pass on the way to wherever it is you’re going. I have friends everywhere. We’ll be all right. Do you think you could do that for an old friend?”
“Of course,” Ohara said. “Come sit in the cockpit. Then you can tell us all about your story.”
The four of us made our way to the cockpit, the ship’s systems humming a gentle lullaby.
Outside, the stars shimmered like countless diamonds, beckoning us toward a future filled with endless possibilities.
