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to her, but she staggered out of the lecture hall and took flight. She didn’t care where she was going, she just had to get away.
    Land passed beneath her, oceans and mountains. Finally, she paused and sat on a cliff face overlooking the open ocean.
    A clone. She was grown from a combination of samples and designed to destroy. There was nothing before her life as Destroyer. That was where her life began.
    Her life. It was laughable. She had been purpose built, and there was never anything else that she would have been allowed to do. To think that she was lucky that her world had died around her was horrible, but then, she wasn’t actually part of the population, was she?
    The sunlight dimmed and reddened, and she turned around to find her way back, but since she flew blindly, she was lost. Rathi groaned and sat back down. She was going to have to wait until morning to determine which direction to fly in. The darkness was now complete, and she wasn’t aware of any of the constellations that could steer her back to the base.
    Light streaked toward her, and a woman with pale skin and dark hair hovered in front of her. “Rathi? I am Zenina-Balen. I am here to help you get home.”
    “I am lost.”
    “I will help you. Take my hand.” Zenina extended her hand, and there was a series of sparks as Rathi made contact.
    “Thank you.”
    They flew together in silence, Zenina-Balen didn’t weigh her down with chatter, simply led her back to the base where Jarrod was waiting for them.
    He thanked Zenina-Balen and wrapped his arm around Rathi, leading her back to her quarters and closing the door with him on her side. “I have your robe ready, take a shower, and we will talk.”
    She stepped out of her armour and stalked across the room, she turned on the shower and let the water wash over her. Her eyes felt hot and water continued to run down her face even after she turned off the taps.
    Jarrod was standing in the open doorway to her bedroom, and he had a robe for her. She slipped it on but her face still felt hot.
    He touched her cheek and his fingers came away wet. “You are crying.”
    “Am I?”
    He reached out and pulled her to his chest. The contact shattered a barrier inside her and she sobbed against his chest.
    “I am guessing that the Minder found something you were not expecting.” He was rubbing his hands up and down her spine.
    She sniffled and hiccupped. “Something like that. I am not real.”
    “You feel real.”
    “Someone on Ichadra designed me. Several someones. My name is the first initial of every scientist and donor that was involved in my project. Even my name isn’t mine. It was designed as well.” She muttered into his chest.
    “Ouch. That is something harsh to discover. It does explain why your memory started when you went on duty.”
    She nodded, inhaling his scent and feeling the strength of his arms around her. Rathi looked up, and he stared down at her for a moment before he pressed his lips to hers.
    The kiss went from something she had enjoyed in the abstract to a devastating fact. She clung to his shoulders and held on tight. When he leaned back, her heart was pounding and her limbs were shivering, but she didn’t feel as isolated as she had moments earlier.
    He smiled and stroked her arms through the robe. “That is enough for now. Are you calmer?”
    She nodded. “Confused but calmer.”
    He led her to the recreation area and sat down with his arm around her. “Now, tell me what you discovered.”
    She dragged in a deep breath and started her tale. “I was grown in a tank. They chose thirteen different donors from the population to give me the broadest spectrum of genetics, and they designed me with as much power and psychic activity as they could arrange. They wanted me to be the prototype of a global defence system, and once word leaked about my power level, the Ichadra came under attack.”
    “This was all in your mind?”
    “It was all in the first year of life before I