Chapter 22: Unexpected Expecting

Samantha

Three hours later, I was landing on a small refugee planet called Ambrosia. Alva had gotten me a temporary visa and loan to stay here and the name of a good lawyer who saw cases like mine. The entire spaceship ride, I kept feeling like someone was watching me. Like the hairs on the back of my neck would stand straight up. But when I glanced behind me, it was only other passengers. No Knox. No Angeliminir.

Disappointment churned in my gut. Half of me had hoped that Knox would chase after me, declare his undying love and we'd live happily ever after. I let out a snort that made the back of my eyes burn. Like that would ever happen.

No, it was better this way, him on his world and me starting over.

The planet was grasslands with crops of greenhouses sprinkled in villages like a communal site. All types of aliens were here, including a few humans. One was a Roulex that blinked when it saw me, and my heart seized. But it turned away, not recognizing me, its tail severed.