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Caro's tilted her head. "It's from a Vandar warbird."

K'alvek moved closer to the viewscreen, surprise rippling through him. "The Vandar? We haven't heard from them in a while.”

"Which Raas is it?" he asked, referring to the commanders who led each warbird. "Vassim? Kaalek?"

Caro turned to face them. "No. It's one we don't know. A designation I've never seen before."

Danica and K'alvek exchanged glances. A new Vandar Raas? An unknown designation? They’d made alliances with several warlords, but the Vandar were anything but predictable.

K'alvek’s fingers tingled in anticipation, as his mate instructed Caro to put the transmission on screen, “This should be interesting."

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