[POV: Sofia Lanka

"If you get caught, I won't be able to save you from the repercussions that may come your way in Meristate, Sofia. You know that the warrants issued out for all those who bear the Lanka surname still apply, technically speaking, under the new government."

Alexander’s voice whispered through the burner phone, thin with tension amidst the roar of the private jet engines. Sofia Lanka clutched the edge of the small fixed table in the jet’s cabin with both hands as her knuckles turned white. She looked out at the churning dark clouds gathering beneath the plane as the jets made a clandestine descent into the sovereign...