9 Paal fastened his helmet. “As soon as we take off, you get the pod as far from that fighting as you can,” he instructed Ronan. Once they’d arrived at the edge of Zandian airspace, the battle area became clear. The galactacarrier was surrounded, defending itself against assaults from all sides. Paal had to repeatedly remind himself of their mission, because the urge to try to save his fellow warriors nearly slew him. But Lamira had seen where Fluut lay in hiding and she saw that killing Fluut would end the war. He couldn’t second guess his decision making now. What he could and would obsess over was leaving without fixing things with Leti. “Battleships cleared for takeoff,” Ronan said. “Battleship One heading for Zandia,” Cambry said. “Battleship Two heading for Zandia,” Lily sai

