Chapter 5“Can I help in any way?” Sela went to her knees beside Snake. In reply, he gave a roll of his shoulders, a twisting dip of his head. Surely he didn’t still feel uneasy around her? They’d spent nearly a week together on the ship, and she didn’t imagine the flirtatious moments, but perhaps he still perceived her as a potential threat. Shifting around, she duplicating his posture, going crossed legged. Strings of cabling hung from the open instrument panel, making multicoloured party streamers of them.
“Axel told me to do this,” Snake at last said when he appeared to accept she wasn’t going away. His tone implied…What? No one else could do the work? Or he would get in trouble if he deviated from Axel’s word?
“Did he mean you’re to say no to help?”
His hands jerked, grew still. A s
