CHAPTER 10
When Bria rounded the hallway of the outer ring and first saw the hexagonal door to the bay, water rushed forward and hit her in a wave. She had run awkwardly on the sloping floor of the ever-more-listing station, and the icy current knocked her back and she rolled twice. She found her footing and pushed on as best she could, breasting through the dark current. After a few steps she could see into the bay, through the rivulets of water streaming off her helmet. The Ulltrian ship hovered above the water that surged across the deck. Beside it, the bay doors had opened, and water gushed through in a dark spray. The weight of the water, Bria realized, would accelerate the listing of the station.
Bria growled and clawed at the floor and the nearby wall, forcing herself forwar
