Dani crawled into bed, welcoming what little comfort the thin mattress provided. Don’t lose hope, she repeated in her head. Even her thoughts sounded sarcastic. Meg snored across the room from her in her own bed, making sleep difficult for Dani. She rolled over and faced the c***k in the wall, tracing it with her finger.
The tiny crevice in the wall felt like the rift running through her heart and mind. The two sides of each not quite aligning. She desperately missed her crew, and the thought of never flying again caused her soul to ache. A sigh escaped her lips as the hopelessness and desperation started to close in. She felt that the GC’s swift reaction and punishment weren’t fair. Until now, she hadn’t really thought much about those pirates and rebels that flashed across news bulleti
