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Chapters (54)
  1. Title Page
  2. Also by Aileen Erin
  3. Dedication
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Chapter Three
  7. Chapter Four
  8. Chapter Five
  9. Chapter Six
  10. Chapter Seven
  11. Chapter Eight
  12. Chapter Nine
  13. Chapter Ten
  14. Chapter Eleven
  15. Chapter Twelve
  16. Chapter Thirteen
  17. Chapter Fourteen
  18. Chapter Fifteen
  19. Chapter Sixteen
  20. Chapter Seventeen
  21. Chapter Eighteen
  22. Chapter Nineteen
  23. Chapter Twenty
  24. Chapter Twenty-One
  25. Chapter Twenty-Two
  26. Chapter Twenty-Three
  27. Chapter Twenty-Four
  28. Chapter Twenty-Five
  29. Chapter Twenty-Six
  30. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  31. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  32. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  33. Chapter Thirty
  34. Chapter Thirty-One
  35. Chapter Thirty-Two
  36. Chapter Thirty-Three
  37. Chapter Thirty-Four
  38. Chapter Thirty-Five
  39. Chapter Thirty-Six
  40. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  41. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  42. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  43. Chapter Forty
  44. Chapter Forty-One
  45. Chapter Forty-Two
  46. Chapter Forty-Three
  47. Chapter Forty-Four
  48. Chapter Forty-Five
  49. Chapter Forty-Six
  50. Chapter Forty-Seven
  51. Off Balance
  52. To My Readers
  53. Acknowledgments
  54. About the Author

I quickly dressed in shorts and a tank and braided my now-frizzy hair in two large sections, knotting them up on my head to keep them off my neck. The heat in the women’s quarters didn’t bother me as much, not after what I’d felt in the suit, but sweat was starting to coat my body. Having my hair up helped cool me down just a little bit.

From what I could tell there was no set weekend. Everyone’s schedules overlapped so that there was always someone working, but that meant that it was always someone’s day off, too. I wasn’t sure what people did on their days off while on Abaddon, but there had to be something to do. With how fit everyone here appeared to be, there had to at least be a gym somewhere.

The map on my wrist unit showed which areas I had access to. A lot of rooms and areas were off limits, so it was a lot to weed through, but after a few minutes, I found the gym.

The map showed a large room that spanned two levels, plus a few smaller rooms. I wasn’t sure what equipment SpaceTech had in their gym or if my body could even take a workout, but I wouldn’t know either until I went there. After lying in bed for a day, I had to at least move my body a little bit.

The idea of eating more food from the mess didn’t sound appealing, but I was going to have to get over that. I’d been spoiled by my mother’s cooking at the diner. A sharp pang hit my chest as I thought of my home that would never be home again. I might never have a meal cooked by her or feel one of her long, tight hugs.

My eyes started to burn, and I ached for my mother and Roan and my warehouse and that stupid shitty apartment in Albuquerque. I even missed the diner. The ache grew into pain, and my heart literally hurt. I stopped walking in the hallway, not caring if someone was watching and closed my eyes. Declan said he’d protect them and I had to believe that he was doing at least that much. I wasn’t going to get through this if I let myself get homesick. I was stronger than this.

I shoved all the worry for my mother and Roan way down inside of me until I could breathe again. When this was over, I would see them both again. For now, I needed food.