Chapter Forty-Seven
Erik had been worried about not having Emma or even Malcolm. He’d thought they’d have to force their way in with clever skills or brute force, but it turned out they didn’t need to worry about hacking an airlock or cutting into the hull.
The vicious beating they’d delivered to the Qilin had opened natural holes for boarding tubes. Cameras and sensors found one leading right into a passageway, along with confirming something obvious in retrospect. There wasn’t a lot of room for exoskeletons inside the Qilin.
Erik had hoped Caldo’s flagship might have grand passageways designed to accommodate the larger Elites, but he had not bet on it. The Lady had given them a lot of breaks, but there was only so much luck a man could expect, good or bad.
Everyone had donned their p
