Susan
Since the ship had taken off, Susan hadn’t slept a wink. Her mind kept churning around the argument with Jace and the conversation with Abel. Finally giving up on sleep, she decided to make her way over to the exercise equipment, perhaps she could tire herself out.
Switching on what looked like a treadmill, she started jogging increasing the speed slowly until she got to a speed she could maintain for a while, but got her heart pumping and made her concentrate on the exercise instead of anything else.
Over the buzz of women talking, Susan heard the cargo hold door open and close and the sound of heavy footfalls approach her from behind.
“Ma’am,” came a male voice from behind her. She acknowledged him with her arm, waving for him to come in front of the treadm
