Chapter Thirty-One
Landing at the site of the Galathea’s crash gave Jas a weird, uncomfortable feeling. In spite of the passage of the years, the crash site was plain to see as they came down. A wide, deep trench was carved into the rocky soil, with a yawning hole at the end of it where the starship had slid to a halt and, later, the Shadows had begun to draw it down into their trap.
One thing was very different. A team of troops and defense units were walking away from the trap toward a military vehicle parked about a kilometer away. Jas knew this sight well. The troops were sweeping the planet for traps, and they were about to blow this one up.
Except that she wasn’t going to let them.
Before the shuttle had come to a stop, Jas was undoing her harness. She jumped out of her seat.
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