Aboard the Dauntless Explorer:
“We’ll be coming out of the jump soon. Hang on tight,” Edge warned, moving to take the seat that Andy had vacated. He brought up the scanners.
“Are the fighters still behind us?” Lina asked.
Edge nodded. “Yes, and there are now three additional warships approaching,” he said in a grim voice.
Gail rose from the co-pilot seat. “We’ll gear up and be ready for the bastards,” she said.
“I’ll take the port turret,” Lina said, stepping back so that Gail and Andy could pass her.
Edge looked over his shoulder when he felt her gaze on him. She was looking at him with a conflicted expression. He watched as she unconsciously worried her bottom lip.
“We will make it,” he softly vowed. Lina’s gaze moved to his hand. He turned his head and saw that his hand was tremb
