Chapter 410

Darius looked over at Thorne with a grin. "Hey, since you're here, why don't you stick around and join the fun for a bit?"

Thorne shrugged, smiling. "Sure, why not?"

After a bit of small talk between them, Darius turned back to Hickey, Stewart, and the rest. "Now, where were we before?"

Stewart picked up the thread. "We were just discussing what we should do if we catch a foreign probe wandering into our airspace. What's the best way to handle that?"

Vesta, overhearing, started thinking it over herself.

Darius chuckled and turned to Charlene. "What about you? Any thoughts, Charlene?"

Stewart and Charlene hadn't had a chance to weigh in before Thorne and Vesta had arrived. Now, with Darius prompting, both of them fell silent for a moment.

Vesta's attention drifted. Darius sure sounded friendly when he said Charlene's name. And the way he looked at her-there was a genuine warmth there, maybe even a hint of admiration. Vesta frowned, feeling a little unsettled.

"Well, I'd say we take over the probe's controls, just to prove

Darius

realization, and he shot Charlene

good or bad. He just asked gently,

"Shouldn't

"Talk is cheap, but when someone can actually walk the

nodded in

he went on. "We try to keep good relations with everyone. If someone else's probe whether they meant

"doing it this way is kind of a flex. If we can hack their probe without

finds out, they'll probably

about Charlene's answer. But as she listened to Darius and the others talk shop, it finally clicked.

never even

her cheeks grow warm. Was Charlene really up to the challenge, or was this just bravado? Maybe she was starting to believe the hype from all the glowing reviews of

at Charlene with a hint

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