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could move the ship. It was too big to hide. It needed to be destroyed. There was a self-destruct button. Once I hit it, I had one minute to get us to safety. Then if Caspar did come looking, he’d only find the wreckage. Hopefully, he’d assume we were dead. Of course that meant that if my crew came looking for us, they’d assume we were dead, too. No matter what I chose, we were screwed.

Back inside, I tore apart the rest of the ship looking for food or water, knowing that there wasn’t any. I found a thin blanket and some rope and grabbed them. I took inventory of the weapons and put as many on my person as I could.

Akacia moaned. I hurried back to her and cupped her face in my hands. “Akacia? Can you hear me?”

She moaned again and turned her head a bit.

“Akacia? Open your eyes.”

She blinked a couple times and I knew when she could focus because her eyes showed every emotion she was experiencing—relief, happiness, hurt, pain, fear. I hated that I had that effect on her. “Are you okay?”

Her blue eyes, dark with betrayal, narrowed and she looked away.

“You have a head wound. It’s bleeding. We need to get out of here. Caspar will come after us.” I kept my sentences short and emotionless. “Do you think you can walk?”

She made no effort to answer, but swallowed and tried to get up. As soon as she was on her feet, she lost her balance and started to fall. I reached out and caught her. “Okay, Empress, I’ll carry you.”

She was heavy, but I was strong. I scooped her up. Her eyes fluttered closed again. Taking a deep breath, I hit the self-destruct button and hightailed it out of there. I ran as fast as I could with her thrown over my shoulder and found a spot behind a nearby tree. The boom rocked the ground under my feet and the heat from the explosion reached us where we huddled together, but thankfully we were unharmed by flying debris or fire. Within minutes, the ship was destroyed. I hoped I did the right thing.

Akacia didn’t wake up as I walked. At least an hour had passed when I spotted a cave. I set her down outside while I went in to see if it was safe. It was small, but dry. I set her inside and then stretched. It was warm, but I didn’t know how chilly it would get in the evening. I should get a fire going just in case and by the look of her lips, Akacia needed water.

I checked under the bandage first. The bleeding had stopped. I closed my eyes for a second, thanking whoever was listening for that small favor. I hated leaving her, but I had to. I found the firewood pretty quickly, but water was another story.

As I built the fire at the mouth of the cave, ominous black clouds rolled in faster than I had ever seen and a brilliant shock of white ripped through the gray sky. Another lightning bolt hit a nearby tree, cracking it in half. Way too close for comfort. The smell of the burnt tree tickled my nose.

“Shit,” I swore. The fury of the storm was incredible, but where was the water? If it would rain, we’d have something to drink. Not that I had anything to collect it in. That should be my next priority. Finding something to hold water.

Lightning crashed down again and again making me very glad we were in the cave. No rain ever came. Then as quickly as the storm had appeared, it was gone.

Akacia moaned again. I looked over to make sure she was okay. Her chest rose and fell with each breath she took so at least she was still breathing.

Once the fire was roaring, I relaxed a little. My whole body ached. The bump had grown, but it wasn’t bleeding anymore and the headache was manageable. I watched Akacia sleep. Peacefully sometimes, fitfully others. She grimaced. She cried out. But at least she was alive.

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