While Gloriana had taken a day off to go on an excursion to Cinach XII, Ves expected to enjoy a day without his girlfriend breathing down his neck.
Metaphorically, of course.
He spent some time seeing Maisie and Rennie off. They cried when they said goodbye to their parents before boarding a shuttle that would take them into orbit.
Ves had already reserved passage on a series of passenger liners that would slowly take them to Hippolyta War College where they would arrive in time to start the next semester.
When Maikel and Zanthar saw their female cousins depart, their expressions grew mixed.
None of the four knew who would become the best after they reunited again.
In a way, the girls exerted a considerable amount of pressure to the boys, ahem, adolescent men that remained.
