A heavy silence lingered for at least ten seconds.
“All right,” Kaydie said at last. “I’ll get you to Leyria. We’ll try to find Jack and join his crusade.”
Day 19
The cabin aboard Kaydie’s Justice Keeper shuttle wasn’t much bigger than the average living room, and that made for a very tight space when you had to share it with five other people for three days. There was a small, square table where they all ate their meals and a big, old SlipGate taking up much of the floorspace.
Kaydie spent most of her time in the cockpit. She even slept up there, leaving Claire alone with her traveling companions. Her mother seemed to be adapting to their situation. At first, the thought of being alone in the void in what was essentially a flying house with two rooms – three, if you counted the bathro
