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with him to seek out Vervaine.
    The Rangers had done more
than enough for him. Juglan had gone as far as ignoring his
father's summons and thus tainting the truce they'd made many years
ago. Flux would not even consider hearing the captain out until
Galax returned to Pallium territory, or was dragged back. Had it
not been for Lalani, Columbine's captain, Apnea would have been
spotted days ago. There was a medallion created by the Seers that
held the power to create an invisibility cloak. The item that had
been hunted by those who knew of it for centuries. Even Galax
himself had once thought about finding it so he could hide away
from all and everything. Turned out the medallion had been found by
Lalani's ancestor and passed down through the generations that
followed. It had entered his mind to simply steal it from the
Ranger before she handed it over to Juglan, but the pessimism, as
Isa called his dark nature, hadn't gotten the best of him at that
moment. These people had gone out of their way to help him get
where he needed to be, and betraying them was not the way he wanted
to thank them for putting themselves at risk. Were Flux and the
Altors to find out that Columbine and Apnea had worked against them
and helped the heir get away, surely those Ranger crews would be
moved up to the top of the list that dictated they were a danger
and had to be killed on sight.
    Galax was aware both Lalani
and Juglan had an angle and saw something in him that would be
beneficial for them sometime in the future. Rangers never did
anything without a price. But while they would one day ask him to
return the favor, Galax knew he would because without their aid, he
wouldn't be here right now, able to figure out a way to have
Solenum return to his side.
    Sighing, Galax waited
patiently for the next step in his plan to happen so he could enter
the Coliseum without being cut down by one of the soldiers.
Although a pure Blue Blood, he wasn't stupid enough to believe he
could take on all three Trainers and their students. Even if most
of them were not fully trained, they'd be too many for Galax to
take on by himself. He needed to empty the Coliseum of at least
half of the soldiers before attempting to breach security and enter
Vervaine's room. Even if she was on guard duty tonight, he'd simply
wait in her quarters until her return.
    When he heard the skyship's
motors come to life, Galax smirked and quickly dropped to the
ground, laying flat on his belly and using the green flap of fabric
given to him by the Rangers to hide beneath, blending in with the
hills. They would still see his heart if they looked in this
direction, but having trained with Solenum he knew the Altor vision
wasn't as perfect as it had been made out to be. All their focus
would be on Apnea as it flew on the opposite side of the Coliseum
from where he was and if they couldn't detect the semblance of a
figure that stood out in the fields, their eyes would never be
drawn to this side and so they wouldn't see his blue heart. He felt
an ache and hint of happiness all at once as he thought back on
that day where he'd figured out Solis' blind spot. She'd been
cutely upset with him and had nearly run him down to the ground to
take out her frustration. He'd never met anyone as determined or
brave as she was.
    He was glad when the shouts
from within the Coliseum distracted his thoughts away from her and
back to the present; he couldn't afford to lose control
now.
    He counted four soldiers
running out of the large stone building, weapons in hand as they
rushed in direction of the ship that was flying tauntingly low and
making its way straight for them. Galax smiled slowly when Apnea
tricked them into running after it and away from the
Coliseum.
    Standing up, he took off in
a sprint, checking the top of the walls to make sure there weren’t
any soldiers still standing guard there. When he saw none, he made
his way straight for the Coliseum entrance, momentarily
appreciative of Flux's