MY CRUEL PROTECTOR
Vala hissed, her hair-snakes thrashing in a defensive frenzy.
"I'll find them," Krell growled, his bioluminescent eyes glowing a furious red. "I'll crush every one of my captains until the traitor screams!"
"No," Nevan said, stepping out of the shadows. He walked toward the table, his boots clicking with a slow, deliberate pace. "We don't need a massacre, Krell. We just need the person with the golden hands."
Nevan stopped behind the smallest member of the council—a creature named Sool, who looked like a bundle of translucent glass shards held together by a shimmering, blue gas. Sool was the "Master of Archives" for the Syndicate, the one who managed their stolen Source-codes.