Chapter 2
Scout watched the planet Amatheon slowly rotating under her dangling feet, sucking on a bulb of cool water Liam had given her after helping get her and the dogs buckled back into the seat. It had a faintly metallic taste, but it was also slight ly sweet. She was starting to feel a little less lightheaded. She had been pretty severely dehydrated before she had reached Liam’s ship.
Liam would occasionally murmur words into his comm, but other than that, there was no sound but the soft hum of the ship, the occasional yawn from a dog, and a slight hiss of air moving through the vents. The planet was beautiful, but the swirls of clouds slowly twisting beneath her were almost hypnotic. She blinked her eyes sleepily and took another sip of water.
She scarcely needed hypnosis to make
