“Cool story, huh?”
Candle said it as he and Stiletto followed a network of tunnels under the city, bypassing the Skilla on the way back to the Sun Ra.
He caught Stiletto by surprise. Instead of bouncing right back with a typical wisecrack, she didn’t answer.
The truth was, of course she thought the story was cool, since she was crazy about him...but she was afraid to go further because of her lousy past. Her Wipeout career had ruined everything else in her life, so why not ruin this, too?
On the other hand...
She couldn’t escape the feeling that something had changed between her and Candle on Sagra. He’d said some nice things about her, and the way he’d touched her that one time had been amazing.
Or maybe it was all in her imagination. After all, it wasn’t as if he’d said anythin
