7
Mia
A few more minutes? I craved him now. I squirmed in my chair at his promises. With that ping not repeating itself, I let the adrenaline course through me. We were away from the Dark Fleet ship, and we had the data.
We’d completed a real mission.
“Is it always like that?” I asked.
“Like what?” Kass replied, monitoring the ship’s course back to the Resolution.
“Like… insane. Exhilarating. Soooo much better than the game.”
Of course, we had sneaked in and sneaked out undetected. We hadn’t used any of the fighting skills we’d practiced in the game. But still… it was real.
I looked out the window at space. Space. Would I ever get used to this? There was no green. No blue sky. I wondered what it was like on Velerion. Was it like Earth? The Starfighter Training Academy didn’t refere
