Miranda had known that she didn’t have to wait long.
By the time she’d uncovered her ears and opened her eyes, Commander Piazza and Holly were gone from the cabin. She’d managed to miss all of the chaos that ensued whenever anyone triggered one of her team into protective mode. She’d deemed that problem would spike the moment Commander Piazza had taken her tablet.
She’d been right.
By focusing on avoiding exposure to the results of that action, she also managed to not focus on the abrupt interruption to her own mental processes.
not “They’re in back,” Mike nodded toward the stern of the aircraft when she looked his way. Which was better than Holly preparing to eject Susan at fifty thousand feet. That would be a remarkably dangerous action, as the C-37B had no airlock that would allow t
