“Knock it off, Dad.” I wrapped myself around him and held onto him for dear life. Dang, was he strong. “It worked then, and it’ll work now.”
Uncle Saul rubbed his chin. “Can you duplicate the results?”
“I keep all my data. It’ll be easy to repeat,” Uncle Ben said.
Quinn grimaced, “We’ll need spacesuits.”
“They’re on the helicopter,” Uncle Saul replied.
I raised my hand. “One for me too?”
“Yes, Lexi.”
“Yippee!” I did a happy dance.
Dad sighed. “She’s utterly fearless.”
“Just like her mother,” Uncle Ben added.
Quinn eyed my dad. “Who taught her how to hot-wire cars?”
“I did. I thought it might come in handy.”
“For a juvenile delinquent.”
Dad countered, “For escaping the Tai-Kok.”
“Or avoiding bossy pricks,” I added.
“Manners, Lexi,” everyone shouted at the same time.
Rolling my eyes, I headed for my room. Ugh. Now I had five guys telling me what to do. I slammed the door behind me and quickly changed into clean jeans and my favorite T-shirt.
“Come to the lab, Lexi,”Uncle Saul commanded in my head.
I saluted smartly.“Yes, sir.”
“I saw that.”
Wincing, I slapped my hand on the elevator’s sensor pad.“Sorry, sir. It won’t happen again, sir.”
Uncle Saul snorted,“Kaelen’s going to have his hands full with you.”
“If he can find me.”The elevator door opened. I stepped inside and hit the button for the lab.
“The Battle Commander and Zarek aren’t the type to accept defeat easily.”
A shiver shook me. Once Kaelen found me, he would never let me go A part of me liked the idea and another part of me found it utterly terrifying. The elevator door opened, and I hurried into the lab.
They all stared at the logo on my T-shirt.
“What? I like giving the Tai-Kok the finger.”
Dad just shook his head. “Let’s get you suited up.”
“Okay.” I ran my hand over the spacesuit. “It feels different.”
Jake nodded. “The lab guys added neoprene and mylar. It gives the travelers more protection from the extreme temperatures in the Tai-Kok ships.”
