Don’t. Get. Caught.
Hellfire Treachery (Chapter One)
“You said I was special! You said I meant something to you!”
There were tears in Jessica’s eyes and her face was red, but she refused to give ground. Drake kept his face impassive, his feelings hidden.
“You were,” he said calmly. “But now you have to leave. You knew when you signed on that no one stays on this ship forever. Everyone has to leave sometime.”
“Everyone? What about Jacobs? He’s been on the ship at least twice as long as anyone else except you.”
“Jacobs is a special case.”
“Special? I thought I was special!”
“I thought you were too. I hoped you were. But you weren’t. You have to leave the ship.”
“Why? Why do I have to go? Why don’t you let anyone else stay? And why do you let Jacobs stay? He’s just the
