Nyra's silence was heavy. When she finally spoke, her voice was tight with restrained fury. "It's not a good thing. Do you know the kind of pain the victims went through before the experiment worked? Hundreds died in agony. Hundreds more were discarded like failed projects."
Kaedros could see it in her eyes, emerald-green and flashing like sharpened gems. Her fur bristled, and for a moment, he thought she might leap at him.
"So, you were the hero who saved the day?" Rauk asked, a slight grin on his face. He liked the idea, but he couldn't quite imagine a cat being anyone's savior. He wisely kept that thought to himself.
Thalso snorted again, and gently patted Nyra's fur. "Her? A hero?"
Nyra shot him a sharp look but continued in a flat, even tone. "I wasn't a hero. I was a captain of a mercenary group back then. Killing those scientists and hunters was just a job to me."
Kaedros, Taria, and Rauk were all stunned. A captain? Of a mercenary group? A cat?
