Chapter Ten
I’m the first to arrive at the docking bay. The World Council carrier is there, waiting to pick up Cal and his squad.
Commander Moro strides from the elevator, taking me in. ‘Didn’t you get the message? No one’s going to Nattalia.’
‘Except for Cal and a selected few.’
‘Did your boyfriend tell you that or are you finally using your gifts?’
‘He’s not my… it doesn’t matter how I know. I’m going. You will accept my application to join them.’
‘Must be one of your less accurate predictions. You’re not going, intern. You’re too fresh.’
His arrogance gives me pause, but I suck up what courage I can and push on. ‘I’ll tell you why I’m going. I know there’s a species on the unsettled side of Nattalia with a weapon powerful enough to blow an asteroid off course. You need me to go d
