"I should have seen this coming! How could I be such a f*cking idiot?!" Avery shouted, berating himself for allowing an enemy to have snuck aboard.
They had carefully vetted the members of the crew and Kasandra had even asked them questions while listening with her enhanced hearing for any lies.
Still, there were some species she had not trained to pick out changes in their heart rate, breathing, and body language that allowed her to tell when people were not being truthful.
If Kasandra's and Kaiden's enemies from their home had been keeping track of Avery and his team's movements for a while, it was plausible that they had managed to sneak someone into the crew.
Avery did not know for certain if the infiltration happened during the first or second round of recruitment.
Still, if he considered the timing of this attack, it was likely that it was during the most recent recruiting effort where they shored up their losses from Zefield's expedition.
