Chapter 36
Seetha sat in the chair she kept by the window into Les’s cabin, trying not to stare at the young man from Ajar 12. It was hard to tell under his exhaustion and worry, but she thought he was close to her own age. Tall, slender, tanned from working outdoors and on the water.
Long, wavy chestnut brown hair pulled back into a neat braid. Warm, light brown eyes, and the best smile she’d seen in a long time.
Calvin seemed like a man who loved a simple, predictable life here on a nearly primitive planet. But he wore a portable translator in one ear and carried an odd cylindrical comm on his belt. And he wasn’t afraid of the technology or strangeness of a modern shuttle like people from less advanced societies often were.
Exhausted as he clearly was, he was delighted with everythin
