Captain LianneShe tossed her cloak on the bed. The blur of exhaustion started to cloud her vision and she tried to rub them away. When she stepped into the bathroom her reflection stared back at her in the mirror above the sink. Lianne winced when she glimpsed her sandy hair hanging lifelessly around her shoulders. Even though she was only nineteen Earth-years in age, she felt decades older. She switched on the faucet and let the lukewarm water roll through her fingers. Aside from the Royal Command ships, none of the other Consortium vessels had cold water taps. She was so exhausted she would have sold her soul just to splash some icy water across her face. Time like these made her yearn for her home on Caelum where she could float among the cold waters of Steelglass Lake, chewing on some
