Two hours later and Kaira was starting to feel as if time had slowed to a crawl. There was still no sign of Tarkus, and she really wasn’t sure she could wait much longer. She’d stayed in the kitchen area the whole time to make sure she didn’t miss him, but he hadn’t appeared.
Stars dammit! She couldn’t take being stuck alone any longer. She was going to have to make Tarkus pay her attention. Again. She stood up and walked down the corridor. First she tried the flight deck door. It was still locked, and when she tapped against it, not exactly gently but not hammering, there was no response. After a couple of minutes she decided Tarkus was most probably not on the flight deck.
Kaira took off one boot, took a deep breath, then tapped gently on Tarkus’s door. She kept the soft tapp
