Chapter 2
Over the next two days, Hart worked on the pod, crooning to her as if she were a lover, and she crooned back to him. They both delighted in the results of the tests he was finally able to run. The Sarah O.’s wings extended and retracted smoothly; she rose and descended at his touch. And although her fuel tanks were filled with all the fuel the Midnight Ride could spare, the needle just barely touched the three-quarter mark.
The captain had been right. Hart would be able to land and do some exploring, but he’d never make it back to the Midnight Ride.
Hart was checking the connection of the external data drives when the captain’s voice came over the intercom…his captain, not his father. They’d said everything that needed to be said between father and son the night before.
“It’s
