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There were little triangular
tags around various pieces of rubble, as well the wall that Nora
had put up, for Richard to tear down. The mall had been closed
since the incident a couple of days ago.
    With a heavy sigh, Agent
Elba crossed his arms, his feet spread a fair distance as he gave
the area a once over. A grimace took over his features as his
thoughts caught up with him. He’d gone nearly a month with no
leads, no answers, and no convictions since Saphora.
    Both Fran and Maverick had
disappeared without a trace, but he had believed that wherever they
were, they were with Saphora. Whom they also could not find. The
agency was getting tired of having no answers.
    In the time they had to
rethink and analyze what happened with Saphora, they realized that
how they handled the situation was not best. But there were still
questions that needed to be answered. Reasons that needed to be
given. And without Saphora, they had no chance of getting them. Or
so they thought.
    Walking up to him, with a
clipboard and pen in her hands, was his partner, Agent
Whitestone.

    “So, you know her?
Like, know her?”
Nora asked, leaning forward on the sofa.
    Her eyes and body language
were clearly showing off her interest in the current subject
matter. After things had calmed down after Loni’s departure, Nora
finally felt up to speaking, having gotten understandably skeptical
of her company. She and Xander had spent the last few hours talking
about themselves, and sharing various information about where they
lived.
    Xander had gotten some
information out of Nora about Earth, but the conversation always
seemed to curve back into Athena and its inhabitants. Which Xander
had no particular problem with. Only he was eager to learn more
about Nora and the Chimera that she had mentioned, which they still
had not gotten to in full detail.
    Every time they had, Nora
had found a way to relate it back to Athena, or to change the
subject to Xander and his people. Eventually they had fallen on the
topic of Saphora, and her connection with Earth, having lived there
for such a large portion of her life. This triggered more interest
in Nora, having seen Saphora several times on the news when she was
still Earth-bound.
    Xander smirked, nodded in
response to her question. He was to wed her, but he didn’t think it
was necessary for her to know such details.
    “ I do,” he simply put.
“Our families are very close.”
    “ But then … why was she
here? And why was she killing people? And talking to
dragons?”
    Xander grimaced at the
accusation. Saphora had mentioned the human’s refusal to believe
what had happened with the man, Gary Jones, while she was there.
Until it was too late.
    “ She did not kill him,” Xander
corrected. “Tebias did.”
    “ Who’s Tebias?” Nora asked
with scrunched brows, never having heard the name in reference to
Saphora before. “Another Athenian?” she guessed.
    “ Yes. He was sent here
after Saphora to kill her.”
    Nora’s eyes went wide at
the blunt and unexpected answer.
    “ What? Why? Because she
was on Earth?”
    “ Yes,” Xander paused. “But
not in that context. She wasn’t an outlaw, mind you. She is a very
powerful asset to the Kiran kingdom in an approaching war. Tebias
was sent to kill her while she was young and vulnerable. But she
acquired memory loss, and her power signal was low enough to avoid
him for some time, giving her the time she needed to survive and
return.”
    “ There’s a war going on?” Xander
nodded. “Then why are you here? Aren’t you allies?”
    “ The war hasn’t actually
started,” Xander clarified. “And when it does, I will be called
back to Athena to fight.”
    Nora fell silent at the
sudden realization that Xander would not be staying to help her.
She held back the urge to frown. She had been foolish in thinking
that one act of kindness would continue throughout her entire
mission. Her eyes lowered, which was noticed by Xander. He
chuckled, misinterpreting,