Neron Skies

ppe as they were on Korpillion. And I have over three mil

the credits?” my father asks as we walk down

sts in a knot.

alen and I when I don’t really even understand it myself? How could I ever tell him the

s, shaking his head. “Who has t

a distraction, for a change of subject. “Maybe it was an accident

eyes lighten a bit. There’s a look of dawning in

thing that the intended recipient didn’t escape when they

twists a li

its exact intended recipient. I esca

e. But I have to look away, because I hate lying to my dad,

nd Dad took a key before he found that out, and Reena gave me one dark l

me and Zayn

ea

four other rooms before coming to the one that matches the number on ou

g the whole tabletop. I picked up some clothing, some arti

” Zayne says as he clo

my bunk on the ship or the one I had back on Korpillion. I

ep next to each other like two regular people. But h

water running and then the

tting them scatter more sand across the already sandy f

essed so close up against me, I’m going to smell hi

r how he surprised me with a vat of mechanical grease one day—not romantic in the least, but thoughtful, considerin

our first kiss in the

the feeling of his h

His fingers

ne, his tongue

ber how his body f

he dying light,

I became reckless and stepped into illegal circles because I couldn’t

all cha

on the same p

er goin

because of all t

cumstances cha

through the dim, nearly dark light, I stare at Zayne, watchi

hasn’t changed, his body is still the same

n on his face. I can see the weig

ferent pe