Chapter 17
Madeline sat Ciaran up, leaning him against the wall. He didn’t speak. When Ciaran said nothing, she knew it was bad.
“Liam, can you do something?”
Liam looked at the hole the beam had created in Ciaran’s chest and said, “We have to go to the medical center, or he’ll bleed to death.”
The faint sound of a capsule approaching the station echoed in the air. Madeline stood and strode out to the platform so that the sensor got her. The capsule stopped, and the door opened. As soon as it did, she jammed her body against it, holding it open. She pointed the gun into the capsule. “Get out of here. Out now, or I’ll shoot.”
The Eudaizian passengers didn’t understand a word she said, so she swung the gun, gesturing for them to get out of the capsule. They stormed out and ran.
“Get in
