Chapter Sixteen
Jia’s hot breath filtered over her face, recycled by her breather mask.
She’d worn a breather mask before, so she wasn’t so sure why her heart was racing and it felt so claustrophobic. She looked up at the massive brown and yellow planet ruling the night’s sky.
The sight kicked her heart rate even higher.
When she’d been on the moon, the Earth was a beautiful thing in the distance, not some monstrous giant orb that threatened to swallow her whole.
Despite the unsettling night sky, the surface of the rocky planet intrigued her. Gigantic crystal spires surrounded them like a forest of sapphires. It was as beautiful as it was eerie. Something zoomed past in the distance, like a cross between a hummingbird and a dragonfly.
Jia shook her head to clear it.
She wasn’t on an
