The Alphas of the Seven Galaxies by Sloane Meyers

Author:Sloane Meyers [Meyers, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-01-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“All crew prepare for landing,” Evie’s voice came over the comm system as they approached Mognerth. Maisie was already sitting in her chair on the bridge, watching the display screen that showed the watery planet ahead of them. During smuggling runs, she frequently waited in her quarters or in the cargo hold while the Starburst landed, but today she wanted to be up front, seeing what was going on.

The trip to Mognerth had taken about three days, and it had been surprisingly relaxing. Unlike all the crew’s previous smuggling runs, this run was completely legal. There had been no worries about being intercepted by the Seven Galaxies Feds, and Maisie had found herself taking frequent naps, catching up on reading, and spending a lot of time talking and laughing with her crewmates in the ship’s tiny kitchen area. She’d done her best to keep her mind off of Jarmuk, although it hadn’t been easy. Every damn little thing seemed to remind her of him. The worst was the fact that she couldn’t look at a coffee mug now without thinking of him and the coffee they had shared. There was no coffee aboard the Starburst, but there were plenty of coffee mugs that the crew used for tea. Maisie had stopped drinking tea after day one. The mugs reminded her too much of Jarmuk, and those reminders were surprisingly painful.

She felt a measure of relief now as they descended through Mognerth’s upper atmosphere and down to the planet below. Today would be busy, with Zekkardite to unload and ship maintenance to take care of. Then tomorrow the crew was going to take a day to explore the planet before heading back to Zocrone, and Maisie was excited about that. She’d never been to Mognerth before, but she’d heard plenty of talk about how gorgeous it was. The planet’s abundant water supply and warm temperatures meant that the whole place was basically a tropical rainforest, with beautiful plants and exotic animals. Maisie imagined it would be kind of like Zocrone, only on a much larger scale. Outside of Zocrone’s city dome, the planet was a wasteland. But here in Mognerth, there were no climate controlled domes. The whole planet was just naturally amazing.

The Starburst came in for a landing at one of the major shipping hubs on the outskirts of Crantine, Mognerth’s capital. Maisie looked in awe at the display screen. She had never seen a place so green. Deep blue rivers crisscrossed across thick emerald patches of land. Now and then the roof of an occasional building could be seen peeking through the tree cover, but most of the buildings were too short for that, and were hidden by the tall, thick treetops.

When Maisie finally disembarked and took in her first breath of Mognerth air, she smiled. The warmth and heavy oxygen made her feel relaxed and happy. This was going to be a good day.

If only Jarmuk were here to explore with her.

She frowned at the thought and pushed it away.

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