Rue took a deep, shuddering breath. “You and your kind have taken everything from me. I didn’t…I…my family were the Tuatha’an. The ‘Tinkers’.” She took another breath, and suddenly a sharp, ragged pain filled her. “One of you destroyed them. Destroyed them all, and of course none of us fought back because believed there was a better way. But I know better, now. I survived and I went to the Tower, and then, suddenly, everyone decided you were safe. Sane. An ally.” She scoffed. “But I still know better. I’ll wait as long as I have to, because I know that you will never change. And when everyone else is taken by surprise, I will be there to protect them.”