Chapter 19

Ghwenn paced the cell given to her. Technically, it was an airlock, the same one the chief engineer had threatened to eject her from. But he never pressed the button.

A small mercy, which meant she had no idea what to expect. He'd certainly been angry when she'd tried to influence him.

And failed.

Fatigue, hunger, and stress had rendered her powers weak. She'd used them so much in her escape with little time to regenerate. Now, when she needed it most, she couldn't draw on it. She had to rely on the dubious mercy of a man whose cold gaze let her know he would have killed her without a second thought.

And yet, he will be important to me.

She looked upon the man towering over her and it was as if a clarion went off inside her. A certainty overcame her, one that insisted this man would play a part in her destiny - and she in his.

If he let her live long enough.