Page 14 of Saving the Space Pirate

Ouch.

But I wanted to cheer.

My hero.

Together we could do anything.

Or we could die.

I didn’t want to die. But I also didn’t want to live knowing people I cared about had been murdered, and I’d stood around and done nothing. I forced my gaze from Killian back to Joe.

He stood with his head back, hands in his pockets, body stiff with tension. As though he felt my gaze, he lowered his head and looked at me. His eyes were filled with an expression I couldn’t quite analyze, but then he gave a quick nod. “We’ll help.”

I moved closer and rested my hand on his arm. “Thank you.”

“Don’t thank me. I think we’ll fail, but Killian’s right. If we don’t take the risk, then we’re like those children. We’ll die on this place. At least we have a chance, even if it’s a small one.”

“We’ll do it. Killian is brilliant. A measly five guards”—I gave an extravagant shrug—“he could take that many with one hand tied behind his back. Two hands probably.”

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