Chapter 24Eral Glassell did not know why they had been allowed to pass unharmed by Maes’s ship in Finn’s shuttle from the surface to the Glory, but speaking for herself, she was glad to set foot back on that ship—even as a prisoner. Finn attempted to hand her down from the shuttle’s hatch, but she slapped his hand away. She’d seen her guard—who’d been with her for many years—gunned down by his people. She had lost all interest in pretending they were still friends.
“You will come with me to the bridge, my lady,” Finn said.
“So you can show my family you have me as a hostage?”
“Hostage?” He smiled. “That’s an odd way to say fiancée.”
“In your dreams,” she snapped back as they walked from the bay, guards ahead and behind them.
“Oh, I’ve had many dreams about this day. The day you and I
