Chapter 82

CLAUDIA. Achilles watches in silence as Tristan exits the room, giving all of us a farewell nod before leaving. However, instead of exiting through the back, he takes the path at the front, spilling into the stage where Gamma Jacob is still speaking. The people gasp at Tristan’s presence, for some reason. I know that what he said had some bones, the fact that he is popular with people, but I didn’t expect him to have such an impact. He starts to speak too, echoing pretty much the same thing that Achilles said, but he’s getting more positive reactions. “He is good with people, as much as we hate to admit,” Kiernan says in a low voice. “Do you think we should work with him, Alpha?” Achilles’s eyes just narrow, his expression indicating how far in thought he is. “I don’t know yet. I don’t know if we can trust him.” “We don’t have to trust him to work with him,” Carlos points out, peeking through the curtains. “We can just let him into a limited space and keep him there.” “Tristan wo