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“I know, Sloan, but there’s a huge pot here And if e can be out of here and off the planet before nightfall toazed up into the sky, his eyes glistening with tears

“I can play ames We can do this more slowly” Sloan had tried to reason with him

“I’a her wince

“That was uard,” she said, holding up her hands in surrender “I won’t let it happen again” Sloan had raised her hand, as though taking an oath

“Tell that to your collapsed lung and broken rib If we keep going at this rate, the med bills will eat up ave her shoulder a buet out”

“You’re sure about this?”

“I alare in his eyes that Sloan hadn’t seen before Evenfor their freedoone off without a hitch Even better than they’d planned That was the night they won the Arrow They’d had enough credits to embark on their lives off-planet They paid the surprised house commander for their freedom No one had ever been able to buy their freedoates of the co on their faces, and they’d never looked back They’d hopped onto the first transport leaving the surface andthe planet, then picked up the Arrow

Re the chills that had run down her spine the first tio bay doors opened to as now their ship still made Sloan shiver with excite you could need, from a med bay to furnished quarters to a pool, water, and transports Their nightaped at Neven with tears in her eyes

“We did it!” she exclaio bay “We did it!”

“We sure did” A small smirk played on Nev’s lips

“How are you not freaking out right now, Neven?” She ran up to hihing

“I never thought it would work I never thought ould make it out” Neven clutched their credit box to his chest

“I’ that up ere doing all this” She gave hie” She took off at a run to do exactly that

Sloan had been studying pilot et their own ship at soht sis, so they were prepared for that first flight out

Turned out Neven was not built for space Space vertigo kept him in a compression unit most of the time It was extreme to the point that a doctor, Erl, had been their first addition to the crew after Neven had al a particularly terrible bout where he was unconscious for a day After only a couple of months, when they had picked up a few more crew, Neven let her know that he wouldn’t be able to be her copilot anymore