Chapter 6
He gave her a soft peck on the cheek. “I have to, for love. I’ll be okay.”
“Io, this is dangerous,” she pushed. “What if the Guardian who answers isn’t supportive of your cause? He could go to Cinder or worse.”
“What could be worse than that?”
His question prompted her to shudder, sorrow leaching into the air around them. “Trust me, Io, I’m not entirely sure you want to know, or to find out. There’s a reason they’re put in charge of the most important thing on this planet. Guardians are strong, diabolical, and from all accounts, extremely decisive. My sources say that once their mind is made up on a subject it’s hard to sway them in any other direction.”