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Marcus’s fingers flew across the keys as he engaged the hyperdrive, then cued up the program to display the space at their flank to observe if Admiral Reynolds would give the order to fire upon Spirit. When it appeared the Alliance would not pursue or engage the Class-A vessel, he verified the coordinates for Suma, making adjustments to circumvent the asteroids they had encountered on their way to Windmere, as well as space traffic around Nimstead and Station 5.
Clair continued to monitor the systems within the ship, along with the navigation and communications programs. Her emotions were scattered. She was elated that Aiden was on board, but confused as to what had befallen the Princess of Suma. A small part of her wished the illness would worsen, but her conscious filled her with gu
