Laney had time on their journey back to the cabin to marvel at how Boris moved with such ease for a man so large and solidly muscled. Even her added weight didn't faze him at all. Their climb down the containers, though dizzying from her vantage point, had seemed effortless for him. He continued to stride purposefully past the tiers and rows of containers until they reached the gangway that led below the ship to the crew quarters.

Laney also marveled at how they ran into no ...