Star-Crossed
By J.M. Snyder
When Reth Reilly had enrolled in the
Betelgeuse Flight Academy, sixteen and fresh off his first
interstellar jaunt, he’d thought he had his life mapped out ahead
of him like all the stars on his navigational charts. Four years at
the Academy to graduate in the Class of 2396, then he’d sign on for
a stint with the Star Corps tracing out freight routes and narrowly
avoiding space pirates. The last thing he needed was to lose his
heart to some wild-haired flyboy with deep eyes and a sexy grin,
but that’s exactly what happened when he met Xan Anders.
They were both freshmen at the Academy when
Reth fell for Xan. The two of them had the usual prerequisite
courses together and, until the second semester their sophomore
year, Xan lived on the same dorm de
