Chapter Three
Jas had a few minutes before the Transgalactic Council gateway would open to take her to the Unity Alliance meeting. She checked her reflection in her cabin’s mirror, smoothing down the creases on her uniform pants. She preferred the flexibility of a combat suit to the stiff, black material of a commander’s uniform. Hers always looked crumpled and untidy.
She had managed to slow her racing heart a little by telling herself over and over again that it was impossible that this person who knew her from long ago could be Carl. She had met and worked with many people over her career as a security officer. Hundreds of crew members aboard the prospecting starships where she used to work, in fact. This person could be any of them. There was no reason for her to suppose that it was
