CHAPTER NINE
Toni wasn’t hiding. She was working. Fortunately, her part of the repairs required her to be inside. Not only did it allow her to shelter from the painful midday sun, it also kept her away from him. It was a struggle to focus on repairing the glitches in D’ena’s software and patching the communication logs, but she was finally making progress. Thoughts of Dan and the touch of his fingers were pushed to the back of her mind as she concentrated on each fragmented line.
Lost in a long string of code, her body thrumming with beautiful numbers, a loud explosion shook the ground. It sent her racing from the Renegade with her pistol in her hand. “Dan?” she called when she didn’t see him. There was a smell of detonite in the air. “Dan?” Her heart pounded. Turning a circle, she searc
