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Er, a planet and a moon

Or whatever

The point was, there would be 384,000 kilometers of space between her and Kai, which was a lot of space, and--

Kai sainst her etting longer, bordering on unkeroomed to near perfection But then he became an e to stop a war, hunt doanted fugitive, avoid gettingAs a result, haircuts beca, "Do you ever think about the future?"

His expression turned wary "Of course I do"

"And … does it includethe overhead pipe, he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear "That depends on whether I’ood future or the bad one"

Cinder tucked her head under his chin "As long as one of the into her hair "We’re going to win"

She nodded, glad he couldn’t see her face

Defeating Levana and becoalaxy’s worth of worries She so badly wanted to stay like this, cocooned in this spaceship, together and safe and alone … but that was the opposite of as going to happen Once they overthrew Levana, Kai would go back to being the e to need an eht have a blood claim to Luna and the hope that the Lunar people would choose anyone over Levana, even a politically inept teenager as made up of 3628 percent cybernetic and manufactured materials But she had seen the prejudices of the people in the Co of her as a ruler

She wasn’t even sure she wanted to be e a princess

"One thing at a tihts

Kai kissed her temple (which her brain did not count as 18), then pulled away "How’s your training going?"

"Fine" She disentangled herself froine "Oh, hey, while you’re here, can you help me with this?" Cinder scooted around hi a bundle of knotted wires

"That was a subtle change of subject"

"I ah a forced clearing of her throat negated her denial "I’ the orbital defaults so the ship’s systeo ships are s and takeoffs, not the constant--"

"Cinder"

She pursed her lips and unplugged a feire connectors "Training is going fine," she repeated "Could you hand round, then grabbed two tools and held them up

"Left hand," she said He handed theh it’s hard to tell if that’s because I’er, or because he’s … you know"

She didn’t have a word for it Wolf had been a shadow of his for holding hiet to Luna and rescue her as soon as possible

"Either way," she added, "I think he’s taughtto be able to Fro it" She exaram over her retina display "Not like that hasn’t been my primary tactic this whole time" She furrowed her brow and made a few snips "Here, hold these wires and don’t let theainst her, Kai took hold of the wires she indicated "What happens if they touch?"

"Oh, probably nothing, but there’s a s out two of the fresh-cut wires, she began to twist theether into a new sequence

Kai hardly breathed until she’d taken one of the threatening wires out of his grip "Why don’t you practice on me?" he said

"Practice what?"

"You know Your "

She paused with the cutters hovering over a blue wire "Absolutely not"