"Princess Zora denies ever seeing you," Kolivan said. "I sent one of our soldiers to question her and her bodyguard stabbed him. You had me under the impression that she was an ally."

  "No, what we said was that three unknowns were given shelter on our ship. Two women and a man, all who appeared human. You were the one who sent your men after them," Allura protested. 

 "Yes Princess Allura, I did," Kolivan snapped. "Because Princess Zora and her bodyguard were missing at the time. You got her name, and there's only one Zora in the Galra Empire."

 "What exactly makes her a Princess? And she didn't look Galran," Lance commented.

 Kolivan sighed, "Princess Zora has trained under the Druids for years, it would be a simple task to mask her appearance. And she gave her true name, as her existence is not well known even among the Galra. As to Lance's idiotic question, Zora is of course a Princess because she is the only child of the Emperor of the Galra Empire. Zarkon is Zora's father."

  Lance did his best to hide his look of shock, and Shiro could see the shock plain on Allura's face. How could they have let two Galra onto their ship? How could they have let Zarkon's own daughter slip through their fingers? Zora had seemed nice, like she was a good person. Shiro guessed this was one time his instincts had been wrong. 

   "Why haven't you reached out to Zora before?"

 "As Zarkon's heir, we thought it unlikely the Princess would have anything to do with the resistance," Antok stated.

  "I cannot believe I allowed on of those traitors into my castle," Allura said quietly.

 "Hey now, Sanjana wasn't full Galran. She was half, like Keith," Hunk added. "We took her home to Earth, and she seemed really upset to lose Zora and Kiba."

  "Galra are liars," Allura snapped. 

  "Not all Galra," Keith said defensively, crossing his arms over his chest.

 "But the Princess of the Galra Empire could be a serious ally," Shiro argued.

"With all due respect to the Voltron Paladins, this is a decision of The Blade of Marmora. Her bodyguard stabbed one of my men. He'll live, but he was able to identify the guard. His name is Kiba, and he's one of the Empires best soldiers. Princess Zora may sympathize with us, but her bodyguard does not. If we are to acquire Princess Zora and the information she possesses, Kiba will have to die." Antok's words rang with a tone of finality, leaving no room for argument.

  But Shiro did argue, "We aren't going to kill somebody who helped save us."

 "The Blade of Marmora will handle this. We are done here."