Invitation

For a few days after Avine's poignant discussion with Myzon, she thought derisively that she could never feel so much anger toward another. He hadn't come back, as he always did whenever the emotions at play bothered him. And she hated him all the more for this abandonment at the very moment when she needed so much to be reassured by his presence and support.

Of course, she didn't reveal anything about what had happened to her to her family who visited her daily by holograms and who were waiting for her return to Kolod. She would tell them everything later, when they were less upset, and it would be with a calm and reassuring smile.

But other, more serious and profound events would again upset her plans.