“Kain–” He widens his eyes at me, and shakes his head subtly. They must be able to hear us. “Just let us go!” I say, in my whiniest, weakest voice. “We can just wait here, hope someone else finds us–” “Quiet, woman!” he growl...
“Let me do the talking here.” “But—” “Please,” I say. “I’ve done this dozens of times. I know what I’m doing.” “I can intimidate them,” Cygnus says. “And—” I cut him off. “Cygnus! You’ve saved me so ma...
I say to Tomas. “My ship isn’t rated to handle that depth,” Tomas says, forcing a smile. “When was your ship made?” I ask. “Oh,” Tomas says, “a good eighty years ago. I inherited it from my father–” “S...
The nerve of him! Thinking I want to...breed with him. Not only does he think I want to fuck him, he thinks I want to have his weird alien baby? I check my tablet and see that we’re a few hours from Martian orbit. I’ll have to go back into the cockpit soon to monitor the i...
“Are you sure?” I ask. “What if –” “If the snow is deep, the landing gear will dig in and cause drag, and it could rip off pieces of the ship.” “Fine, Mr. Know-it-all.” “I did get us safely through the atmosphere,” he says, “...