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AS WILDER PASSED NIALL in the jump room, he caught her hand. She halted, surprised at the friendly touch.
“Can I talk to you outside?” he asked.
She followed him to a quiet section of passageway.
They’d been working on the jump capsules, repairing the broken casings and jammed emergency releases. Sadly, they didn’t have to fix many. Several people who had begun the voyage were no longer alive. But the capsules that were to be used had to be completely up to scratch. They had no wiggle room when it came to safety.
As Niall paused, seeming to struggle for words, she frowned. “What is it?”
He’d been acting weird for days. He was usually quiet but lately he’d become almost silent, not even saying much to Dragan. Was he regretting suggesting the fix for the jump drive? If it did
