“Let’s hope between Marcus, Simone, and Jules that Athena is fully functioning. Soon.”
“I know this is not near the beauty of Penlei, but… you were in a rush to leave there as well. Why?” Skyler kept her eyes on the ground in front of her, her strides matching his.
Gage glanced at her, then back toward the ship still a kilometer away. “I promised to not keep anything from you. To tell you if I knew something that you might need to know in order to, I was assuming at the time, keep yourself safe.”
“You’re hedging. And there was no discussion of qualifications.”
“I have a… feeling.”
“Of what?”
“Urgency.”
It was Skyler’s turn to observe his profile. “To return to Dulsar?” She didn’t want to create thoughts of a dire situation, but from where else could the urgency originate?
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