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Chantal left the plaza with the drive pressed close. Her boots kicked up ash that glittered like tiny constellations. Behind her, the battlecruiser’s engines bellowed; the city’s lights snapped, then bloomed into a pattern of fires that traced the edges of the skyline.

On the shuttle, Tomas met her with a look that mixed relief and reproach. "You did good," he said. "But you looked like you wanted to jump." chantal del sol icarus fallenpdf

They called her Icarus among certain circles—half in jest, half in warning. She had flown too close to things that burned: corrupt regimes, impossible missions, love affairs with men who left scorch marks. The name fit now, as ash clung to her suit and the sky above the city showed the faint ghost of a dissolved sun. Chantal left the plaza with the drive pressed close

"Why take this risk?" the man asked finally. "You could walk away, Chantal." On the shuttle, Tomas met her with a