Epilogue
Ten Months Later
“Are you okay?” Zaron asked, his dark eyes trained on her face, and Emily nodded, though her heart was jackrabbiting in her throat. George meowed in her arms, so she bent down to put him on the floor. The cat instantly jumped up onto a floating plank—his new favorite piece of furniture—and started licking his paw, displaying none of the nervousness Emily was feeling.
The last year had been utterly surreal, but the adventure she was embarking on now superseded her wildest imaginings. In less than two minutes, the Krinar spaceship they were on would leave the Earth orbit, carrying Emily, Zaron, George, and hundreds of Krinar scientists to Krina.
In less than two minutes, Emily and her cat would be on their way to their new home in a different galaxy.
Zaron had
