"As many of you know, I am Adonis Venal, Leader of the Guard," The green-eyed alien said, sitting heavily in his own chair at the head of the table. "And I have failed in my job."
Of all the things I had been expecting the leader of the entire Guard to say, an admittance of the most blatant truth there was sort of wasn't exactly what I was expecting, because he was right on so many levels.
Not only was he right about this situation being his fault on the basis that he definitely should have seen it coming, no matter how well defended the natural protections around Prespian City were there always should have been some kind of orbital blockade to stop ships from getting anywhere close, but it was also his fault because it was his daughter that had perpetrated the crimes.
