That was good. She’d been terrified of being caught as soon as she put the wristband on. Now all she had to do was get away with starting to spread the Taint without the Wanderer or its captain ever knowing.
On the shuttle that was impossible, but on a station or large ship she was sure she could manage it. She just had to bide her time and find a way to get around the wristbands, and she already had a good idea of how to do that.
Once it was done, once most or all of the people were no longer wearing them, then her time would come. Then she could spread the Gift. Then the Wanderer would fall to the Gifted. Then they would win!
Jess allowed himself to relax as the Wanderer pulled away from a wrecked corvette, or what was left of the wreck at least. The Wanderer had stripped it of
