He steadied the controls as they broke through, and managed to land her ship without crushing it beneath his own or dropping it from too high an altitude.
He should request backup. The moment he released the magnetic ray to land his own craft, she could simply take off again. But he didn’t want any other being involved. Thankfully, she didn’t run, and he didn’t even want to begin puzzling over why. He dropped his battleship to the ground and pulled on his helmet before charging out to catch his wayward rebel.
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Cambry couldn’t move. Her limbs had turned to ice, heart frozen in her chest. She tried to rally her courage, to take off and make another run at freedom, but she didn’t have it in her. She’d used up all the will to leave Lundric once. She didn’t have any left. Besides, he’d on
