Nero Awakening

est place I’v

s no power in the house to be seen. The space is lit by cream-colored candles. The flames flicker, and as

sh rug lines the floor. There are five bedrooms that break off the space. A good-sized ki

per

e gather in the living space, spread between the dining table, the kitchen counter where Ed

ena says, breaking right to the

doesn’t look up at me because he’s too busy eating, like a ravenous street rat. And I look to my father. “I don’t want to be

them. I’m overwhelmed, too, but I can’t let it wash ove

of you want t

. I meet his gray eyes, and I knew what his ans

s. “From the moment I found you, I d

e smile, forcing m

Walked away from everything he knew. All because he found

ly tired looking ones. “Don’t think I’ll like any of the Dominion-run planets. I don’t have any credits to

tes into some kind of fruit, fl

st loo

et, but I didn’t see any rea

brought that street rat ont

ugh it’s more in a sarcastic manner. “I’ve

othing about you,” Zayne ba

k, I had his. End of discussion. It’s not like I

still, Edan raises a callous eyebrow at Za

Edan another dark look before his eyes slide back to mine. “You might be a bad cack-she n

to each other straight. But it’s always going to be ju

because what else can I sa

ically hear the gears turning in her head. “I think I have a few more things to figure out before I c

“Fair e

“Get some rest,” I say. And it doesn’t feel right, because it sounds like a suggestion from a leader, a captain. And I’ve never been either of those t