In the hallway, my breath clouded in the dark with every quick gasp. A deep chill racked through my body and trembled a squawk from the hinges on the Vicious door as I shut it behind me.

My eyes swam with tears at the sudden exhaustion that diminished my energy to zero. I staggered down the hallway, my knees threatening to give out because I couldn't think I could take much more.

The Saelis. On this ship. Why were they here? Had they somehow found out about the ...