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clarity through the weaving.

    “How did it go today, Gwiette?”

    “Pretty well. I only shocked myself six times.”

    Stop snorted and Fixer’s laugh followed them into the hall.

    They got to Relay’s office and he whispered, “I will meet you here once you are done. Have Relay send for me.”

    She nodded and knocked on the door, entering when it opened without her touching it.

    Relay smiled and waved her in. “I hear that you want to send a message to your family.”

    Gwiette nodded. “I do. I want them to know that I am alive and well. And that I am safe.”

    Relay inclined her head. “I can send a message to the resistance, but there is an issue.”

    “What?”

    “Your sister has been protesting fervently since you disappeared.”

    “I know.”

    “If she stops suddenly, there will be suspicions. We can tell the resistance, but if your sister stops the protests, she will be questioned in a way that will be far worse than her worry.”

    Gwiette leaned back and rubbed her forehead. “Damn. Do I have an option?”

    “We can protect your family. There are agents on Resicor that can keep them safe. We almost have all the pieces in place to help you return and take back your world.”

    Gwiette opened her eyes. “What?”

    “We are gathering and organizing to free Resicor. Your population has an amazing rate of talents per capita, and they are disappearing. We have an idea of where they are going, some are being sent to work in facilities like you were, others are being experimented on, their talents turned into weapons.”

    It was repetitive, but she couldn’t help it. “What?”

    “Resicor will no longer hunt their talents. The general population does not want the hunt and stigmatism given to those with physical talents on your world. If they vote and do not want the talents, we will take them to another world where they are welcomed.”

    “Why is that offer only being made now?”

    Relay grimaced. “It has been made for the last decade. Resicor has refused to part with their people. We are going to do what the Alliance cannot. We are going to offer the talented population, and their families, a place to go.”

    “What if we outnumber the population that doesn’t want us?”

    “Then, we will round them up and evict them. It is your world, too.”

    Gwiette sat back and sighed. “When does this happen?”

    “It has already started. Bringing strategic talents off world before they were identified completely was the first part. Arranging the thousands of pieces in the correct order is the other. That part is being worked on right now. The plan is taking shape.”

    “When it begins, I want to be there.” Gwiette was certain of that.

    “Then, you had better work on getting control over your power. You aren’t going on any team until you have yourself under control and you have been tested in the field.”

    Gwiette found what she had been missing. She now had a purpose, a goal, and she would run toward it with everything in her.
     

Chapter Six

    After a meal, she sat with her head down, her mind spinning.

    “She told you everything, didn’t she?” Stop’s tone was grim.

    “She told me enough. I need to do more. I need to be more.”

    “It will come in time.”

    She looked up and said, “Time is running out. I need to be better now.”

    He looked around and nodded. “I can help you with that, but it will come with a price.”

    Gwiette blinked. “What kind of price?”

    “It is not something to be discussed over a meal.”

    She looked down. “My meal is gone.”

    He got up. “Then, come with me and I will explain.”

    She followed him out of the dining room, down the hall to his quarters. She stepped inside after him and entered his masculine domain.

    He led her to his casual area and gestured for her to sit on the couch.

    “I can provide you with the means to tap into my talent and slow the world around you. It will enable you to move rapidly in the