Dex gave her an impish grin. “Enjoying may be pushing it after everything we’ve been through.”

Soyina shrugged, shifting her gaze to Andi. “You two coherent enough for a debrief on the attack?”

Andi might have been tipsy—or a little bit more than that—but her mind was still sharp enough to perk up at her words. She sat up a little straighter, blinking a bit to clear her vision.

Soyina idly played with a strand of Dex’s hair, smiling flirtatiously. Andi felt a twinge of annoyance, but pushed it down. Dex wasn’t hers—especially since she couldn’t figure out if she was still mad at him or not.

Nevertheless, she found herself glaring at Soyina. Thinking of how to painfully break the woman’s fingers.

As if he could hear her thoughts, Dex adjusted in his seat, making Soyina stand upright. The woman smirked, looking between them before pulling over a chair from a nearby table. She flipped it around and rested her arms on its backrest as she sat down.

“Well?” Andi prompted, brimming with curiosity.

“We definitely sent a message, but... Nor and Valen are still alive. They escaped in the chaos.”

“Were they at least hurt? Preferably in a life-threatening way?” Andi asked, irritated. If she’d been there, both siblings would have a bullet between their brows. They’d taken her family—she wasn’t going to play nice. Even if Valen was Kalee’s brother, he’d betrayed her memory and the Cortas family in every possible way.

“We know someone got hit, but it’s as yet unclear who it was. I know this isn’t the news you wanted to hear,” she said, sounding surprisingly apologetic. “Quite frankly, it isn’t what we wanted to hear, either. We lost good fighters in that attack.” Her expression turned distant as she added, “Just remember, you’re not the only one with loved ones at risk.”

Soyina, usually so snarky and cryptic, was anything but as she said those last few words. Andi couldn’t deny that she was right—everybody in the Underground was affected by Zenith in some way, even if it didn’t actually taint their veins. Affected just like she and Dex were.

“So what’s next?” Dex asked.

Soyina blinked a few times. “Time to put you both to bed,” she said, as if they were small children who had stayed up past their bedtime.

Andi didn’t hate that plan one bit. She knew her head was heavy not only from the drinks, but also from utter exhaustion. They had been on the move nonstop since leaving the nebula. They’d suffered through loss, injury and Klaren’s revelations, all without having a wink of rest.

It was a miracle they were still upright.

Actually, by the look of Dex, he was slumped a bit too forward to be considered awake.

“Lead the way,” Andi told her, stifling a yawn herself.