I'm not paid enough for this job. thought the captain, as he input an order for an emergency team to check the wookie shuttle. "We'll send out security teams, the ship will be locked down until we can confirm the party responsible is or is not amongst us, or perhaps this 'Julian'."

"Under the circumstances, and considering the risk..." said Jargur "The ambassadors should be taken home immediately. We must make every effort to prevent further loss of life and damage that might destroy any chance of peace and collaboration here today."

"How do we do that?" said the captain, turning to the Coalition Ambassador "If their shuttles are rigged with explosives, there could be other sabotage on them too, and all sorts of traps. Not to mention we don't know who - if anyone - of the ambassadors' entourages are part of this plot. Hell, if this Julian guy is our saboteur, he might have planted a bomb in this very room before he left."

An awkward moment passed as everyone remained silent, and cautiously peered under the table, in the corner, and anywhere else a bomb could have been slipped. Satisfied their lives were not in imminent danger, the captain continued "I simply can't let them go back on their shuttles so long as they're at risk."

"We have our own shuttles, don't we?" said Oaxaca "Not many, but I know at least enough to return each ambassador! Quickly, order those shuttles to be guarded against any sabotage, so we might return the ambassadors that way. Their lives are paramount, captain, to the stability of this system, and we cannot waste another moment until we can have safe negotiations again."

The captain looked from one to the other, thinking what to say. Finally, he relented, and said "With your permissions, I would reccomend to all present ambassadors to proceed under guard to our shuttles, to ensure a speedy resolution to the current crisis."

"It is not only a matter of security as the ship is under threat, but also an opportunity to recieve definite answers on our offer of membership from your respective governments, and also to take immediate precautions against this spat of terror attacks." Jargur nodded to Oaxaca to continue.

"We can guarentee your safety to the shuttles, and from there on back to your respective territory. Your entourages and other crew can be admitted back as they are cleared of suspiscion or upon your own vouching for their activity."

As Oaxaca spoke, the captain whispered to Jargur "Can we really guarentee their safety any more?"

Jargur whispered back "Who knows? That's half of what diplomacy is all about, promising something then hoping luck is on your side."

"With all due respect Ambassador..." Naosha said. "I don't think a substitute ship will be needed in my case. My daughter knows her ship like the back of her hand, so if any other tinkering has been done to the Hunter’s Way she would have found it by now and corrected it. Not to sound arrogant, but Hunter’s Way may be the safest shuttle on the ship right now, considering we don’t know just how ‘busy’ are saboteur has been. Unless that is…you think my own daughter is suspect. If so I can assure you she would never do such a thing, as she’s been helping me with the task of uniting the two races since the very beginning and she has no reason to betray me.

“Silliss I can vouch for as well, for he is steadfastly loyal to my lifemate, Sha’tor of his Clan, thus loyal to me. For him to betray us would invite exile from the Clan at best, death at worst, and like my daughter, he’s been helping with the movement since the beginning.” Naosha sighed. “It is your choice however, as since we are your guests we are at your mercy. My offer for you…” She looked at Jargur. “To visit the homeworld still stands either way.”

***

Any other time Silliss would have hated being sent out like this, but after what just happened between himself and Varcanna, a female he thought he knew, it was a blessing, allowing him to think. Of all the Trandoshan’s, he didn’t think Varcanna would react like that to the full truth of his condition. Then again, she was the last person anyone would think to be hateful toward Asri as well, so perhaps he should have taken that as a sign this relationship was doomed to failure?

Give her time. He decided as he walked down one of the corridors that gave access to the other shuttles. That kind of news would make almost anyone react like that, I know father said he did at first, until his love for mother won out. I can only hope for the same…

He just happened to glance up to see something odd. What was one of the Seren guards doing here…away from his ambassador? He looked to be in a hurry as well, but he wasn’t heading toward his own shuttle (which was understandable as his shuttle was blown up), nor was he heading toward the meeting room and he certainly wasn’t heading for the little boys room. His brows furrowing with suspicion, he took off after him.

His suspicions were confirmed when the man turned abruptly into one of the hangers, where there were Coalition owned shuttles: he was making his escape. With a hiss, both in anger that he tried to kill himself and the one he loved and attempted to halt the talks, he sped up and readied his lance. The moment he was close enough he let that lance fly and his aim was true, the staff like weapon tangling his targets legs up and making him eat duristeel.

“Those in such a hurry in current situations bare a lot of suspicion.” He said to the man as he approached him. The man pulled out his blaster and fired at him. Having expected this, Silliss drove forward into roll, ducking underneath the blaster fire and stopping beside the man. With a deft motion he grabbed the wrist of the hand and gave it a sharp twist, breaking it. “I think there are some people that would like to have a chat with you….”

The man snarled, and spoke in a cryptic language that he knew Silliss wouldn't understand... but someone else did

"Nice job," Angella said as she and two coalition guards walked in, she walked over to the man and knelt down. "You have A LOT of explain to do, not only to the captain of this ship, but also to Seren Intelligence."

The man spoke again in cryptic, but this time he sounded awfully scared and didn't want to be interrogated by Seren Intelligence. "Should've thought of that when you tried to blow up this ship! And kill the ambassadors, so... who let you up to this?"

After sometime the man spoke one word that caused the color in Angella's face to run out. "Milna." was the name, it spoke of terror, horror, death, chaos, everything that Angella was fighting against. "Not possible..." she finally responded. "He's dead."

This time the man replied in common. "You really think so?" he grinned. "Our master has been alive for a lot longer than you give him credit for."

"If he's truely alive..... shit..." she said. "I should kill you right now, since your master can see through your eyes, but I want your master to see what happens when you piss off a wookie, several trandoshans, AND the Coalition"

With that the two coalition guards picked the man up and waited, before Silliss could leave Angella gave an explanation. "Milna is the name of a crime lord we ran into a few years ago, he had Lavality as a captive, but we rescued her and killed him. If he's truely alive, then that means that we'll need the help of the Coalition and both governments... damn... this presents a NEW problem..."

"Why not talk to the ambassadors right now? They are already here.." One guard asked

She thought about it. "I'd hate to bring this issue to them, but that bastard does have one of our prototype starbreakers, thankfully he can't operate it without the pass codes."

"And who has the pass codes?"

"Lavality..." Angella replied and then gestured for the guards to follow her, she had a new objective now, to explain to the Coalition about what was going on. Only a few minutes would pass before they made it to the meeting room and dumped the guy onto the floor. "This is our man, Silliss nabbed him when he tried to make for one of the coalition shuttles." She was tempted to bring the issue up, but felt she shouldn't after all the problems they'd have already, and she hoped no one there would've the disturbed look on her face. "Do what you want with him." Angella said and took a seat.

Tzhali snarled and got up. "I want to know 'why' he did this." Tzhali said and looked at the other ambassadors.

Angella just sat there, a thousand different thoughts went through her mind. The most disturbing of all of them was Milna. Impossible for that bastard to STILL be alive! she snarled and slammed her fist on the table, not realizing that she meant to do it mentally. If I had known 'he' was behind these attacks, I wouldn't have left Lavality alone... not even Maskis can protect her from this .... fiend, god I hope Trazu and Asri are prepared....

"Starbreaker?" murmured the captain "Gods, I can only hope it's a boastful nickname or something."

Jargur stepped forwards and said "If there is another power-player in the affairs of this sector, and this one is hostile, then we must take immediate measures to contain the situation. This man will be confined immediately - guards? Take him away."

As the soldiers marched off dragging their prisoner, Oaxaca crossed his hairy arms, and a disgruntled look settled on his features. "The situation is spiralling out of control. I implore you all to return to your own sides immediately, and initiate a firm lockdown, or high alert, or whatever word you use. This is not a safe time for meeting.

"Captain, get some of your men and secure the functional ships in the hangar. We'll need an escort for the delegates. I can only reccomend that for the time being we communicate through comm-messages, not meetings, until the extent of the threat is known."

"And that won't happen", began Jargur "until you tell us about this new group, which apparently is armed with something that... blows up stars?"

Soldiers with the grim look of men and women under siege arrived from every doorway, silently and with a polite but firm demeanour. "There isn't much left to discuss - we can find out about the new guys later, for now, better that you get back to your ships, and make sure there aren't any more bombs, defections, assassins, or traps waiting in the wings."

Angella got up and looked at Jargur. "Starbreaker is just a name... it's true purpose is as a long range snipe ship, capible of taking out ships at a very good range." she sighed. "It's a restricted vessel, only usable in the most desprit of situations, meaning: Unless TNO get's involved, you won't see this ship used."

She walked toward the door then stopped. "I suggest you inform your commander, or whom ever, that once Grand Admiral Lavality get's back from her training, that you speak to her further about the Serendivus. I can only make alliances, I can not sign trade routes or assign ships to your fleet as a good will gesture. My orders are the defense of Kashyyyk and Trandosha." with that she walked out of the meeting room

As she walked out of the room she thought to herself. I hope to get ahold of Lavality soon she said then got beeped, she took out a mobile comm. device. "This is Angella, whats wrong?"

~Ma'am, something's going on Naboo, command is rather worried about Lavality so they've dispatched us to investigate~

Angella blinked then snickered. "For them to dispatch Gold Elite, must be important. Ok take care, I'll have Green and Blue squad escort me back to the command ship." She said and then cut the comm. line

She continued down the corridor until she came to the hanger bay that her shuttle 'had' been in, bits and peices of the shuttle littered the hanger bay, men in uniform's where cleaning up the place. "I still can't believe 'they' did this.." she snarled at the mere thought

"Ma'am.. your shuttle is ready." A guard said and she nodded. "I'll be waiting until Naosha comes by here, there's something I must tell her." she said and the guard's nodded. What is Lavality trying to do... whatever it is has caused many in the higher echelon to become very nervous... she rested her back up against the wall and waited.

"I will ensure you are kept informed on the progress of negotiations in the Council." Naosha said, bowing slightly to the Captain. "While I doubt it, I hope further...'interruptions'...will be minimal. Tzhali, I wish you well."

Naosha allowed the Coalition guards to escort them back to the hanger, though she personally felt it was unnecessary with Silliss by her side. But the Coalition didn't know about the fighting prowess of the K'Satikur warriors, so she could forgive them on that note. Besides, Silliss seemed unusually withdrawn and distracted, which worried her: K'Satikur were supposedly unshakeable.

"What is wrong Silliss?" She asked him as they walked down the corridor.

"Eh? Oh...nothing." The warrior said, only affording a brief glance in her direction.

"Doesn't look like 'nothing' Silliss. Fess up. In times like this I can't afford to have you distracted." Naosha said, scolding him slightly.

The young warrior visibly winced, but still wouldn't look her in the eye when he said. "Really is nothing Councilor, just...had a little spat that's all."

Naosha merred faintly, getting the feeling that just wasn't just a simple 'spat' between him and her daughter. It was a personal issue though and wouldn't be appropriate to press him for details when in the presence of the Coalition. "Every relationship has it's bumps and pot holes." She said softly. "They are meant to test the strength of your bond and if you pass that test that bond will be even stronger as a result. It is actually a sign of a healthy relationship to have the occasional fight."

"I never seen you or the Sha'tor fight." Silliss countered.

"Our fights are not in view of the public." Naosha said with a smile. "And they are not full blown shouting matches either." She put a hand on his shoulder. "Just remember that the most important thing is your love for each other, all else comes second."

His eyes met hers for a moment and Naosha didn't see hope in those eyes, but sadness. What could those two have possibly fought about left the man with so little hope for his relationship? She put it to the side of her mind for the time being, as it was not as important as this possible allegiance. It would be best if they worked it out themselves anyway.

They entered the hanger bay, where they saw crewed cleaning up what was left of the Seren shuttle. She saw Varca sitting on the onboard ramp of her ship, giving threatening glare to anyone that came too close to her ship. Naosha also saw the Seren representative here, who had that 'I have something to tell you' look on her face when their eyes met.

"Go tell Varca that we are going to be leaving for home Silliss." Naosha said. "I'll be along in a moment."

Silliss visibly hesitated, adding to Naosha's worries about the state of their relationship, but nodded and headed toward the shuttle. Naosha sighed faintly before giving her full attention to the Seren rep. "What is it?" She asked.

Angella stared at her then at the guard, who nodded and left. "Miknak." She said and sraightened herself. "He's the one responsible for the attacks on my shuttle, and the attempted attack on yours. I have but a favor to ask you, find out if this person has been on Trandosha lately, more importantly, around the time that the Seperatist movement was in motion." She glanced about. "Ask your armored Trandoshan friend, I know Lavality told me his name but I can't remember, he's half cyborg."

She turned around and started walking back toward her shuttle when stopped suddenly. "There's another thing that I must bring to your attention, and no, it's not easy for me to say this. Now, it's not my place to tell you how to raise your children, after all, I have a daughter as well who is just learning how to pilot an x-wing. However, on Naboo one of my informants informed me of something that went on between your daughter and a trandoshan named 'Asri'" Angella stopped and looked toward the ceiling, she was being very cautious of what she was saying. "He was suppose to report it only to me but the idiot also reported the incident to command, which is getting very worried about this alliance. The Serendivus are a people of peace and propersity, granted we do have a military as you know, but we all co-exist together. Trandoshans, wookies, even the occasional... half breed." She said while still trying to find the right word

"Command came out and said straight to me: She is a risk to the integrity of this whole alliance, her actions as of late have put myself and Grand Admiral Lavality in a very difficult position. Although she hasn't been informed, once she is she'll have to make a very difficult decision!" Angella's voice raised slightly."However, these latest attacks, the destruction of my shuttle, the two rogue ships. Her apperance here can't be taken lightly, the fact she left Naboo just a few days before Grand Admiral Lavality was assault by a bounty hunter, then further attacked by rogue cyborgs.. I'm sorry.. but she is now under investigation and there are rumors that she could very well be a traitor, and the person behind all these attacks. We both are ambassadors and we both have difficult jobs, so as an Ambassador, I ask that you look into these matters." With that she left the Councilor alone but the look on Angella's face was 'I'm sorry'

She walked toward an awaiting shuttle and got aboard. "So you told her?" The pilot asked

"Had no choice.. I was actually sent her to denouce the alliance between the two governments... but... Lavality also told me that she suspects somethign strange is going in command and asked me to only follow 'her' orders" Angella said

"Then why did you follow 'commands' orders?" The pilot was a little confused

She smiled. "Because... they ARE right in this instance."

***

Tzhali was just walking into the hanger bay when he saw the Serendivus Ambassador leave. "Tough Human." he said and shook his head. "If I didn't know better, i'd say she's been in politic's for a very long time."

"Well" said the captain "What do we do now?"

"This is the best part of the diplomatic process, captain." said Jargur, as he leaned back in one of the chairs around the conference table. "It starts with 's' and ends with 'leep in for a few hours'. It's a well-respected custom of ambassadors the galaxy over. Politics never sleeps, captain, it takes power naps."

The Coalition's wookie ambassador reached down and pulled Jargur back to his feet by his collar "Not this time, Jargur. We have work to do."

"Aw... stupid work ethic and new sense of identity." he muttered, as the two ambassadors went to the bridge along with the captain.

"We'll need to file our findings and submit the report, and I imagine you'll need to check in with the fleet." said Oaxaca.

"Might be a good time to call in reinforcements too, incase things heat up again."

"No, captain." said Jargur, catching up "The situation is sensitive enough, bringing in more ships could cause another panic. Better we just have the troops onboard this one on high alert. Have them search the ship with a fine-tooth comb if they have to."

Arriving at the bridge, Oaxaca picked up the ship's comm and put in his diplomatic code number. "This is Oaxaca, awaiting a reply, over."

The viewscreen next to the comm flickered to life, and Regrad - Azguardian Prime Minister of the New Coaltion - phased into view. "Ah, Oaxaca, this is about the Kashyyyk/Trandosha situation, correct?"

"Yes, Prime Minister, we've hit some snags."

Jargur stepped forwards. "First off, there's a third major player in the sector called the Serendivus Fleet, or some such thing. They're an ally to the peaceful factions in both the Wookie and Trandoshan governments. All three sides seem to have cooperative leaders interested in keeping the peace as well as Coalition protectiont, but there's also factions interested in more warfare."

"In the time we've been here, there's been more than a couple attacks, and several members of one of the diplomatic teams were when a shuttle rigged with a bomb went off in our hangar. A panic started early on that almost saw all sides fighting in the confusion." Oaxaca scratched his head, and looked more than a little uneasy. "The leaders of each group seem to have a pretty tenuous hold - the Serendivus seem to be lead by a little girl who inherited fleet command, or some such thing."

"As for the Trandoshans, they seem fairly stable, but I caught wind of more than a few brewing relation problems that seem to have them distracted, and if the warrior clans are in favour of war then the planet's council will need someone to protect them against radicals." Jargur didn't feel it necessary to add "On the other hand - even the women are tougher than me, so maybe they're strong enough on their own."

"The wookies are being a bit more difficult to read." said Oaxaca. "High strung, is how I'd describe them. They were getting angry, excited, or frustrated even faster than normal. There's a whole lot of stress in their situation, and I can only imagine the rapid industrialization hasn't helped matters."

Regrad took all this in, steepling his fingers and giving them a few more seconds before responding. "Our overall goal then is to protect the leaderships of the three positive factions in the region. If you can convince them to a deal, then make sure there's leeway for us to provide protection that could prevent assassination attempts or coups. If peaceful governments are in place, then the key is to prevent coups. Beyond that, we can only hope the leaders are up to the task of dealing with their own people."

"I have no doubt they are, sir." said Jargur. "The Trandoshans we met seemed more than capable, fully in control of the situation, and calm even under pressure."

"As for the wookies" added Oaxaca "They may have been excited, but they were also competent and serious. I don't doubt their ability."

"Then that's good enough for me." said Regrad. "Good work, you two. Keep it up, and we may be taking a step towards a more secure system in no time. Report back to me if there are any more developments."

Angella rested her head up against the chair padding. "Ma'am"

"Yes?" she said in a slightly annoyed tone

"Do you think the Coalition will figure out that Lavality is not the eleven year old girl that the holo vid makes her out to be?" The guard asked as he handed her a cup of coffee

She smiled. "The Coalition is smart, in fact, I have no doubt that those ambassador's are already thinking that a 'little girl' is not her real designation."

"Do you think they'll be offended?" The guard asked as he took a seat

She shook her head. "No, in fact, I think the ambassador's might be aware that the only reason her holo vid is like that is to give off a false sense of security."

"False Sense? perhaps..." The guard sighed

Angella opened one eye and stared at him. "Whats on your mind?" she straightened her back up and stared at the guard

The guard shook his head. "Command has been acting very... strange... lately... I can't put my figure on it but something serious is going down. Rear Admiral Shariean, leader of Gold Squadron, noticed this a couple weeks ago."

"And?"

"She intercepted a very disturbing transmission... she said she plans on giving it to her when she meets up with her." The guard said but the look on his face told Angella everything she needed to know. "The Coalition may have just arrived at the right time.... I don't know when... but I can say that roughly 75% of the fleet has been taken over by rebellion elements, only the Tissuss Shipyards and the Mongeron Shipyards are free of Rebellion cells, including the Yamato, Cresno and Fivolan destroyers."

Angella snarled. "What a time to find out we have even MORE problems. Ok, for now lets refrain from making this public, I'm DAMN sure Lavality will call a secret meeting with the Trandoshan and Kashyyyk governments"

"Ma'am.. if worse does come.. what will she do?" The guard asked in a worry-some voice

Angella patted the young guard on the back. "Fikan made her an admiral for a reason, shes strong, and very smart, if I know her, she'll more than likely incorporate what is actually 'loyal' into a new organization."

With that the shuttle returned to the command ship, where the captain, who was one of the loyal officers of Lavality, requested a status report. Angella would fill him in on all that went on

Naosha could only stand there stunned for a moment. Her daughter, suspected of being a traitor simply because of a personal grudge? Half of her wanted to scream at Angella’s back that to suspect her daughter for something like this just because she had a thing against white Trandoshans made their command look like paranoid idiots. However her the logical part of her brain stopped her from doing just that, after all, the Seren’s may have Trandoshan’s in their ranks, but they obviously don’t know every detail about their culture: like the hatred toward Akisi, the white scaled Trandoshans. Still, her daughter’s actions have an impact on her own reputation, so this is something that needed to be nipped in the bud…fast.

Silliss had waited outside the shuttle while Varcanna started up the ship and Naosha could tell that he knew immediately that something Angella said to her had upset her. “What’s wrong Madam?” He asked.

“One of our own is a suspect.” Naosha said simply as she passed him on the ramp.

“What?” Silliss said, shocked by the news. “Who?”

“When we get home.” Naosha said flatly, knowing it wouldn’t be a good idea to confront her daughter while she was piloting the ship.

The trip was thankfully uneventful, though that’s not really surprising when the Bloodfang was tailing them most of the way. During the trip Naosha thought and stewed over what she had to do. What she realized had to be done would be seen as extreme, but for the sake of the alliance and to prove Varcanna had nothing to do with the attacks it had to be done. She worried about how Varcanna would react: the crimson female had a temper on her. Gods how she wished Trazu was here with them right now, as with his talents in the Force (and not to mention his twin-like bond with his sister) this could have easily been resolved. Trazu wasn’t with them though and so they had to resolve this on their own.

Rissonik was in the Clan spaceport when they arrived and he knew something wasn’t right when he saw the look on her face. “What is it?” He asked.

“Not all is well.” Naosha said quietly, then turned around to look at Varcanna who was starting to go over her ship again. “Varcanna! Come with us!”

“What?” Varcanna said, looking a bit surprised at her mother’s semi-harsh tone and expression. “Can it wait? I need to…”

“Now Varcanna!”

Varcanna visibly jumped and Silliss gave her a look of concern. With no other choice Varcanna put down her tools and started following them. Silliss started following as well, but Rissonik stopped him. “This is a family matter Silliss.” He said.

“I…I understand Sha’tor.” Silliss said with a bow of his head before turning away.

It wasn’t that long of a distance between the spaceport and the family manor on the Clan Grounds, but it felt like it took an eternity to get there. Once inside she collapsed in one of the couches, looking much older then she actually was. Rissonik took a seat across from her, while Varcanna sat off to one side.

“What’s going on mother?” Varcanna asked after a tense moment.

Naosha hesitated a moment while she gathered her thoughts. “There has been a serious charge made against you Varcanna.” She said finally. “You are a suspect in behind all the attacks upon the Serens.”

“WHAT!?” Varcanna cried, jumping out of her seat. “That’s ridiculous! I would never do such a thing!”

“And I believe you daughter…however.” Naosha sighed. “Some of your actions recently has raised the red flags in their heads.”

“Such as?”

“On Naboo, one of their informants observed an altercation between you and Lady Asri.”

“Please…that’s personal matter and doesn’t reflect…”

“It reflects on me!” Naosha hissed, rising to her feet and glaring at her daughter in the eyes. “It reflects on this family, the Clan and our people as a whole! Do not delude yourself into thinking that your personal grudge has no effect on anyone else around you! It does! Because of it the Seren’s are on the verge of breaking their allegiance with us! Because they feel we will not uphold our end of the allegiance.”

Varcanna was visibly stunned and was speechless for a moment. “I...I don’t understand how they came to that conclusion.” She said finally, shaking slightly.

“First off, after the altercation with Lady Asri you left Naboo abruptly.”

“But I was following Uncle Rissonik’s orders!”

“It was a request, not an order.” Rissonik said with a frown. “The only reason you decided to come immediately was because you had the chance to leave Lady Asri behind. Don’t try to deny that…as your brother sent a message asking if I had requested you to return. You using this to defend your bigotry taints my image.”

“Second.” Naosha continued. “Not long after you left so suddenly, Lavality was attacked by a Bounty Hunter and rogue cyborgs. “

“Coincidence…” Varcanna muttered.

“We don’t doubt that Varca, but they are taking your presence on the Ambassador ship when the attacks came as another omen.”

“Silliss can vouch for me on that!”

“Not for the first attack…” Naosha said quietly. “I had Silliss with me that first time, thus you were alone with no one to support your alibi. Plus after the second attack you sent Silliss to me, again leaving you alone with no one to account for you. From their point of view this is almost and open and shut case.”

Varcanna collapsed back into her seat. “How…how can I clear my name?” She whimpered.

“You will stay here on the Clan grounds, under constant watch.” Naosha said, finding it disturbingly easy to say this. “Under no circumstances will you use any communication equipment or work on your ship.”

“I will have my comm. personnel monitor message traffic for anything suspicious.” Rissonik added.

“But you’ll need me to transport you to the…” Varcanna started to protest but Naosha cut her off.

“Unfortunately due to the attacks, the Coalition feels it is too dangerous for us to all meet in one place. We will be communicating though holograms for now on. Therefore I won’t need you to transport me anywhere.”

“I…I see…”

“This way, if something else happens we can vouch for your innocence with no trouble.” Naosha said, then leaned close to her. “And while this is going on, I strongly suggest that you do some soul searching and fight out what it is that makes you hate Lady Asri so much for no reason. When you find it…squash it. Do you hear me?”

Varcanna, overwhelmed by the whole situation, could only answer ‘yes mother’.