When they had all entered, Ryker slammed the hatch shut.
“That was the worst display I’ve ever seen. Never has a Tizona class been so completely destroyed by Lobera. You lost the entire convoy! It was a total embarrassment.” She held up her tablet. “Where were your fundamentals? What about following orders?”
Austin rubbed his thumbs together, trying to ignore the knot in his stomach. All he had to do was return to protect their target, and he couldn’t even do that. Skyler was in trouble, but he couldn’t save her, either. Every action he took out there had been for nothing.
“We’ll talk about this more tomorrow. You’re all dismissed.” Ryker raised her chin. “Stone, stay a moment.”
The rest of the students looked at him, their eyes raised in a “better you than me” expression. All of them
