Chapter 18: Gimme That Old Time Religion
They stood in the storehouse for a moment, uncertain what to do. Megan stared at the bloody body sprawled over the fallen sled. Then she looked at the glass ball that had fallen from the Restaal’s hand and come to rest a few meters away. Then she did something totally unexpected.
She burst out laughing.
Jade looked at her with widened eyes. Had this murder been the final shock that snapped Megan’s wire? Was Megan reduced to hopeless hysterics, leaving Jade to cope with this alien world alone?
Megan was laughing so hard she literally had to hold her sides to protect her still-healing chest. She tried to speak, but for several moments nothing would come out but laughter.
“What the f**k’s got into you?” Jade asked.
“Sorry,” Megan choked out. “I k
