I blinked my eyes open, surprised that I could see again, even if things were still blurry and spinning, but I wasn’t sure I could move. “Just leave me here.”

“Like hell. I’m dropping a line. You have to grab it. And we have to go.”

A second later something shiny appeared in front of my face.

“Grab it.”

My arms felt like they were filled with impossibly heavy lucole, but I managed to hold onto it. Something warm wrapped around my body and then I was flying fast toward the ship above me, making me so dizzy I started gagging. Before I could take another breath, Lorne was picking me up off the line.

“You hang in there.” He ripped off my mask and ran with me in his arms.

Lorne yelled something in Aunare, and I felt the ship jolt under him, but he didn’t pause or falter. Not even for a second. Not even while carrying my limp body.

He gently placed me on the floor against the side wall in the bridge. He took a second to press two fingers to my pulse point while he stared into my eyes. “Stay here, okay?”

“I can’t move. I think I’ll just watch the show from here.”

“Good.” He stood up and went to his desk. “We’re to you in five. You run!”

I wasn’t sure who he was talking to, but I assumed it wasn’t me because I wasn’t in shape to run anywhere. Not for a while.

I slid my gaze up to see the vidscreen. One screen showed us moving fast toward Abaddon, entering its atmosphere. A second screen was zoomed in on seven figures running across the crusty lava. Cracks opened up as they ran.

They were on foot? “Where’s Santiago’s ship?”

“Blocked,” he said. “You’ve got five more seconds, and then I’m leaving without you.”

He couldn’t. He had to pick them up. My heart pounded.

The ship rocked as something hit it. My head slammed back into the wall, and I winced. “What was that?” I tried to sit up, but the pounding in my head grew worse, so I gave that up.

“Your plan worked. The moon’s gone. Good job.” His tone was so sharp, I wondered if he was joking.

I closed my eyes. “Really?”

“Yes. You did what you set out to do.” He shook his head at me. “I’m not sure I’m happy with the cost though.”

A tear rolled out of my eye, and I didn’t care enough about wiping it away. “Will it hit the base?”

“No. It should mostly land on the other side of planet, but that will destabilize it. And Declan set up his own bombs down there just to make doubly sure.”