Page 5 of Krin

Given the choice of staying, or leaving on a spaceship, you can bet your ass I was going to seize the opportunity to explore space. In whatever capacity I could.

If I had to be stuck out here with no chance of returning home, then I would make the most of it.

Not that Iwantedto return home. My life was far from happy back at Luna base. All I had going for me was my job.

My older brother held a high-ranking position as a pilot in the space force. He consistently brought pride to my parents.

Unfortunately, I was never good enough at anything to impress my parents the way he did. My parents seemed convinced I was destined for failure.

When I turned twenty, they forced me to join the military, saying it would help me get my life together.

The only reason I hadn’t fought them on it was because more than anything, I yearned to see their faces light up for me like they did when they saw my brother.

But that never happened.

It didn’t matter what I did.

I was never good enough for my parents. Add to that the two brief romantic relationships I had that ended badly. It seemed I wasn’t good enough for anyone.

In the past seven years in the military, I concentrated on being good at my job, not caring about getting approval from others any longer.

Turned out I could manage fine by myself. I didn’t need anyone to validate me.

Life wasn’t ideal, but hey, I had a job I enjoyed. And I was good at it.

A few years ago, I applied to work for space force, but they rejected me because‘the Orisians don’t hire females’. Words they loved to quote to any woman who dared to apply to work with them.

They believed it was their responsibility to safeguard women from all threats. The idea of women patrolling space among human and Orisian males was something they couldn’t get their purple heads around.

A chuckle escaped my lips. I wonder what people who knew me would say if they found out I was living on an alien planet!

Actually, thinking about it the Alarans had the same policy about women ontheirships. Touting their reasoning askeeping females safe.

They didn’t understand that not all women were damsels in need of saving.

Little did Krin and the others know, I did more than just patrol Luna base. The dangers I faced working for our military would shock the pants off these guys.

I ran my fingers through my ponytail, as my thoughts drifted to Krin. Unfortunately, I hadn’t seen the handsome warrior to tell him I wanted to leave on the Chetok with him.

At least not since the coronation where we actively avoided speaking with one another.

Before that, our previous conversation didn’t go well.

In hindsight, I might have overreacted.

Most of the time, Krin appeared unsure about what to say to me. I told myself it was to be expected, given the rarity of females, particularly human ones, on Alara.

Something about Krin made me feel instantly connected to him. Our conversations may have been awkward so far, but I wasn’t ready to give up on being friends.

Who knows, maybe much more than friends?

I tried to understand where he was coming from, but he continued to avoid chatting with me about anything other than his work.

If he felt any attraction towards me, he hid it very well.

So, when Grace or Olivia would ask me what I intended to do with my life, I pretended I wanted to leave to work with a human colony’s military.

Seemed like the simplest answer without revealing my feelings about Krin. Even though I didn’t live on Luna base anymore, I still wanted to be a soldier.

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