After the meal… I have to find the problem and eliminate it. It shouldn’t be hard to get her away from —
Freya shot to the left, catching herself before she crashed into a squad mate. The major had dismissed them, but she’d been too focused on Sha’Rah to catch the order. When she refocused on Sha’Rah her thoughts were mundane. Shooting pain radiated out from behind her right eye as she attempted to get past Sha’Rah’s thoughts and into her mind again. An image of a corridor at the base flashed before she lost the connection. Something bad was about to happen. She needed to figure out who the target was, but something inside of her knew it was O’Paka. Slowing to a few paces behind O’Paka, a hum broke out through her body. A tiny adrenaline surge caused time to slow to a crawl as she recogni
