he murmured. “What’s going on? Is someone here?”She forced herself to stop and take a deep breath. She needed to calm herself.“No. I’m sorry, Roman. I had a nightmare. That’s all.”He sat up. “You okay?”“Yeah. It’s nothing.”“Was it about Silvestri?”The mention of his name brought the image of Silvestri’s ruined face back into her mind, and once again it made her feel ill.“No,” she said. “Not this time.”But he’ll make plenty of appearances in the years to come, she thought.Roman fell silent, and the two of them sat and listened as the quietude of the Sunspire complex seemed to press in around them. Talia thought she could hear the distant white noise of rain on the roof, and the murmur of voices down the hallway. Norrey and Kolos, perhaps?She checked her holophone. They’d been asleep for hours, and now time was really starting to run out. They no longer had the luxury of sitting around.“We need to get moving,” she said.She got up. Roman followed her lead, climbing to his feet and rubbing the sleep from his eyes. He yawned.“What now? You going to try calling Knile again?”“I guess. Let me give it a shot.”She dialled the number for the longwave, but, once again, there was no response. Either she or Knile must have been out of range of the relays.“No good, as per usual. I–”She paused, straining to listen. That voice was in the hallway again.“What is it?”
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