Chapter 41
The pressure was becoming unbearable. Jess was fighting it but he knew he’d soon lose. He was battling on two fronts, directly against Ali and through the Wanderer. It felt as if he and the ship were standing back to back, fighting off an attacking army.
The situation was terrible, and only made worse by the identity of their attacker. What had happened to Ali? And when? How long had she been carrying this darkness? Jess didn’t have the time to work it out. In fact he didn’t have any time. The pressure on his mind was unbearable and there was no letup.
In desperation Jess tried throwing everything he had back against Ali, abandoning his support of the Wanderer and trying to force a c***k in her attack. She didn’t even seem to notice it, and the Wanderer lost ground
