Finally, I managed to get my ship back under control and continued my course for space.
CUMA had been lost.
But the battle wasn’t over. And once again, Maunhouser had made it personal.
“Hunter?” Warm relief washed through me when I heard Katherine’s voice cut through the comms. “Are you still there? Hunter!”
“Yeah, I’m fine,” I wasn’t sure that was really the case, considering the stories I’d heard about radiation poisoning from thermonuclear weapons, but I didn’t want to worry her with everything else happening. “How’s the evacuation?”
“The Celestial is still accepting transports, but we’re having a hard time getting them all in. And now the Maunhouser fleet is closing on us. Quatra’s calling all available fighters to run escort.”
“Understood.” I angled the Endurance in the air, adj
