It took the shuttle a day to get back to Oymyakon, and then two days to get back down through the atmosphere. Two long days where Fitz hid in his room, terrified that Ritchie would demand more answers that he couldn"t give her.
But she never did. And that didn"t make him feel better at all.
He still didn"t know if she had been listening to his last words to Weld. That was maddening all on its own. It"s not like he could ask. If she truly hadn"t heard, that would be the very worst thing he could do.
He wished he could go back in time and force himself to keep his mouth shut.
He also wished he could go back and get just five minutes alone with Keller. Not to throttle her, although that was a temptation, but to figure out just what she was accusing him of. Because there was no way she kne
