Chapter Twenty-Four
“Skeeter, my little shining sun,” Bulldog’s deep voice echoed from the arrival hanger at the Sallas Space docks. “You are just as beautiful as ever. You are happy, yes? The Lulu Belle is…. in one piece!” he said in surprise, looking over the pink hull with distaste. “It still needs new paint.”
“Daddy!”
Skeeter couldn’t help the huge smile that lit up her face whenever she saw her ‘dad’. She ran down the loading platform of the Lulu Belle and jumped into his outstretched arms. She loved it when he wrapped his six arms around her and held her up off the ground. It felt as if she was flying.
Even as nervous and frightened as she was about how he was going to react to Krac, old habits die hard. A deep sigh escaped her as he lifted her up in his arms. The soft, red scale
