Maybe it won’t come to that. There are always possibilities. Always variables. Abel will do whatever it takes to save Noemi, but he refuses to admit defeat.
His entire body feels weak, and his chest aches as though he were the one who had been wounded. Still he presses on, transferring auxiliary control to a nearby console, so he can steer them away from the battlefield and toward the Genesis Gate.
Beyond that lies Noemi’s last hope.
He walks back to her cryosleep pod again to double-check the readings; it helps to be absolutely sure she’s in complete stasis. As he gets closer, he sees that one of her hands has drifted close to the outer shell. He presses his against it, feeling the burn of the cold against his skin. As he looks up at her face, Abel whispers the word that nearly destroyed him, Mansfield’s old fail-safe code. It’s the same word that will bring Noemi back to him again.
“Resurrection.”
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
As always, I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude toward my agent, Diana Fox; my valiant assistant, Sarah Simpson Weiss; and above all to the guidance and patience of my editor, Pam Gruber. Thanks also go to Stephanie Stoecker and Marti Dumas for sitting through brainstorming sessions; to Paul Christian, aka the “Word Cop,” for making sure I got things done; to Tom and Judith at Octavia Books for all their help; and to the Peauxdunque Writers’ Alliance for camaraderie and support.
About the Author
is the New York Times bestselling author of many science fiction and paranormal fantasy books for young adults, including Defy the Stars, Defy the Worlds, the Firebird series, the Evernight series, the Spellcaster series, and Fateful. She’s also had a chance to work in a galaxy far, far away as the author of the Star Wars novels Lost Stars, Bloodline, and Leia, Princess of Alderaan. Born a fangirl, she loves obsessing over geeky movies and TV shows, as well as reading and occasionally writing fanfiction; however, she periodically leaves the house to go kayaking, do a little hiking, or travel the world. She will take your Jane Austen trivia challenge any day, anytime. Currently she lives in New Orleans.
