Chapter 6. Secret mission

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The captivating warm colours of the sunset washed over me with serenity and peace as I glared over the daffodil fields in the distance

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The captivating warm colours of the sunset washed over me with serenity and peace as I glared over the daffodil fields in the distance. I thought of the people of Suraniat, and how, if everything went well, we would soon join the Republic. These thoughts helped me to silence the previous words of my father, although they were still quite present in the back of my head, cursing me when I wasn't distracted; It had been hours, and even if they didn't hurt as much as they did when he first said them, they still found their way to stay present with me. I fidgeted with my aunt's necklace, which was still dangling on my neck since I put it on the other night, looking down in deep thought.

"That's a beautiful necklace." Obi Wan's voice startled me from behind.

"Have they ever told you you're incredibly subtle?" I let go of the necklace and turned around to face him.

"I'm a Jedi." He grinned, lifting his hands in the air as he walked over. "Feeling any better?"

"I suppose." I looked at the daffodil field and my face dropped, thinking back.

Obi Wan soon noticed that the topic upset me and quickly tried to change it. "May I?" He asked, looking at my necklace. I nodded, my heart pounding fast as he got closer to me, delicately taking the tear shaped emerald-like pendant with his hands to avoid touching my chest. "Reminds me of the precious stones from Mygeeto." He leaned down to observe it closely.

"Mygeeto? Isn't that a Banking Clan colony?" He looked up at me innocently, stopping his gaze on my lips for a second before reincorporating.

"It is, yeah." He cleared his throat, watching me intrigued.

"Why would my aunt go to the Banking Clan?" I asked.

"To negotiate on credits, I suppose." A smile started forming on my face as I shook my head lightly, my eyes lit up with enthusiasm.

"To investigate, Obi Wan." I finally said. "She would always go to these trips, without revealing their purpose. But I knew back then it wasn't just pleasure trips, and I know It now. She gave me this necklace for a reason."

"How can you be so sure?" He inquired, his hands behind his back.

"Guess who's always on trips to the Banking Clan."

"Is it...?" He hesitated. "Tredar Burdrob."

"And guess who has just been on a trip there recently?" He smiled briefly. "We must go to the Banking Clan." He looked to the floor thinking. "Obi Wan please. Take me to the Banking Clan. You have a ship." I insisted after a pause, holding the sides of the fabric that draped over the shoulders of his cloak.

"I- I don't think it's a good idea." He admitted. I let go of him, realising our proximity might have been a bit too much, but missing it regardless.

"This is important for the Jedi council. We can't let him be a senator for the Republic if he is a conspirator. And we can't prove he is without evidence. And we can't have evidence if we don't-"

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