Chapter 33

Analise thought it was better to keep her distance from Vera. She figured she'd just message Vera later—say something urgent came up and she couldn't make it. Easy enough. "Thank you, Ms. Chambers. You're truly too kind," Jay said, standing and thanking Analise enthusiastically, cutting off whatever it was Scott had been about to say. Since Analise's pocket drive hadn't arrived yet, she stored her things in Scott's. Finlay's pocket drive had been destroyed by the Vexoth on the day Analise first arrived. His replacement was still in production, too, so all his stuff went into Scott's pocket drive as well. "Just leave me one bag of the Astral Ambers. Give two bags to the other females in the alliance. Give the rest of it to the males," Analise said to Scott as he gathered the Astral Ambers. Scott had planned to give all the Astral Ambers to her. As far as he was concerned, helping Karl Hansen reclaim power was worth the alliance alone. The resources were just a bonus. "Astral Am