Chapter 20Although Pia and Kaire lived in an extremely confined space, they found no reason to argue or even exchange cross words during the six-month journey to Skyz59. Their attraction to one another, purely physical at first, had long since deepened into what both were forced to admit must be love. The possibility their relationship could end once they reached the space station was never mentioned, Pia determined to live in the moment and Kaire reluctant to voice his fears. Frequent communication with Commander Breta kept them up to date with the situation on Sky. The metal fatigue that threatened the space station’s ageing infrastructure appeared to have been stabilised and total disintegration was no longer imminent. Certain areas had had to be abandoned, but this wasn’t causing too m

