Chapter 52

"Captain." Mase lunged far away from me to stand in front of his pilot chair. "She's no kid. Her name is Absidy Jones."

"Mase," I hissed, but he ignored me. His sudden betrayal felt like a kick to the ribs. How could he spill that just to cover his own ass? Feozva forbid his captain think negatively about him. He couldn't even look at me. I glared daggers at him, though, daring him to eat his words.

"What?" Captain Glenn said, turning to me. "James, what's going on?"

Shame burned my face from the inside out. I had no idea what to say, so I clamped my mouth shut.

When no one said anything, Captain Glenn snatched the wanted paper from Mase. He tried to grab it back, but his fist closed around empty air.

"A fugitive?" Captain Glenn said, shaking his head as if to make sense of the truth. "James, or...whatever your name is...are you wanted by the law?"