It wasn’t often the average citizen of Raethes crossed paths with the powers that controlled the country.? Few citizens would have refused the first invitation, much less the second. Fewer still would still be protesting the meeting when government security arrived to escort them to it.

Justin was one of those few.

After all that had happened, everything that he and Nessa had seen, he wanted nothing more than to return to the life he’d had before all the excitement.? Well, his old life with one alteration - Nessa.

It seemed that a quiet life was not to be allowed them though. David Mestiere felt a need to meet with them and credit Justin and Nessa with the safety of the government during the recent events.? How the man had jumped to that conclusion, Justin still didn’t understand, but they were apparently stuck with results.

He and Nessa had never had a chance to escape the capitol city. Given Mestiere’s persistence, it was unlikely that they’d have succeeded even if they’d managed to get home. And Justin couldn’t say that they’d been in any way mistreated, really.? The short trip from their accommodations had been comfortable enough and the room they were currently waiting in was far more elegant than what they were used to.

None of that meant that Justin had to be happy about it.