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The sound of heavy and fast footsteps shattered the stillness of Vera's bedroom, the door bursting open with a metallic screech as a crew member stumbled in, his voice raw with panic.
"Captain Syn! Captain Vera is injured!" The man's uniform was rumpled, his face familiar—someone Syn had glimpsed in passing but never spoken to.
Syn jolted awake, his hazel eyes blinking through the daze of sleep, the red bed's sheets tangled around his legs.
Aster was off on some mission since the previous night. So he'd been alone this morning and was enjoying the quiet peace. But now...
The words hit like a punch, snapping him upright as his heart thudded against his ribs. "What happened?" he demanded, his voice rough, still thick with sleep as he swung his legs over the bed's edge, his bare feet hitting the cool floor.
The man—David, his name tag read—shifted nervously, his breath uneven. "She got dizzy and fell from the bridge—hit her head hard."
