Chapter SeventeenHAGGARDY WAS RIGHT. The Galathea did need her security officer. And where Jas was needed right then was on Dawn, protecting her crew. She wouldn’t be leaving until she was sure every last one of them was off the planet.
Lingiari and Makey had left for the shuttle base, and the hostel was emptying fast. She doubted Haggardy had taken any measures to ensure that everyone had heard the evacuation order. There could be crew members anywhere in Dawntown.
She had to check the whole place, but walking all the streets would take forever. She remembered the vehicle she’d parked a short distance from the army base. A memory of Idris surfaced, but she forced it away.
Jas jogged through the streets of Dawntown, heading for the vehicle, hoping it was still there. The streets were un
