13
Sambor, The Colony
I’d never been to The Colony before. Niklas had said he’d been once, but that had been before I’d become his guard. Seeing the barren landscape through the windows, it reminded me of the planet we’d just escaped. Except here, there were no Hive—I hoped—and we’d arrived intentionally. Crash-landing was something I wanted to experience only once.
Governor Maxim had met us in the transport room. Alone.
Disappointment coursed through me at not having Lucy waiting for us. We’d flown the f*****g Hive craft into Coalition-controlled space, and all four of us initiated our comms to let them know we were friendly. The last thing we’d wanted to do was be shot out of the sky a second time. We’d had the medical station connect with Bahre’s comm so they could transport him dir
