Nero Nights

y tongue when I wake. Like

arching the space. There

omach is in knots.

re capable than I am. Maybe I thought I'd go into Valen'

e been manipulating him for solars. They'

ill shaking with the weight o

, I try to

orm from the washr

e ship and when I get to the Comm

p and scale it. I climb the slick surface until I settle on top o

tle cooler than it was yesterday. Somethin

ak of the mountain. I listen to the sound of a river. I hear a bird cry off in the

ere, but my insides

ov

below, concern and questi

est words come across my lips. "I just...

evaluate his silence. But I'm just too tired rig

od. I'll be insid

ffer the only wo

s sounds as he walks

ing to plan. Nothing is what I thought it would b

weapons until I had enough credits to get three peopl

hing-everything

Isroth. I don't know if he's safe. If

out. My mind searches through spa

er inside my head. "Are they

th. "So you haven't heard fro

ova, they found you? Th

w them, they were on The Corsair, and I was distracting Cyrillius' troops so they could escap

?" Zara asks, her to

planet. Possibly in the V, W, or X Sectors. Our c

her tone questioni

her about my connection to Valen. S

ed on Isroth escaped with m

know she's evaluat

n are written on my very skin, but I've never told her any o

sks, instead of prying

from my eyes. I shake my head. "No," I say in a mental, breathy whisper. "Nothin

constant stream of tea

t happened

en the door between our minds

by my own hands to my father's throat. I show h

iah crouching over him w

e blood. The cut

tic voice comes through to my mind. "

though she c

wave after wave of gr

r Edan or Nymiah?" I ask, needing to close this mind link.

" she agree

I say, cutting her off. "

nection without

the length of the core. I cross my arms over

g. It's a

g has

much. I can'

girl. Who the void

my arms to see Valen kneeling beside me

s open to his, and Valen's gotten a taste of