Amaru did not answer Nero immediately.
His gaze remained on the Saharian prince for several seconds before shifting toward Dean and Arion, as though the question had finally forced him to consider something more fundamental than what Claudia had done to him.
"Why did you save me?"
Nero leaned back.
Apparently his question could wait.
Dean had expected this eventually.
Perhaps not quite so early, but Amaru was coherent enough to understand that three foreign royals had not secretly entered a protected island residence, killed one guard, recruited the second, and removed a Draxilian prince from medical containment purely out of humanitarian enthusiasm.
"We needed to know if you were alive," Dean said.
"That explains finding me. Not taking me to Saha."
Dean glanced toward Arion.
Arion gave no indication that he intended to soften the answer.
