Zoe and the others had no idea what had just happened in the control room.
Zoe had already returned to her cabin.
"She's acting a little strange today," Aaron Xavier remarked, reluctantly tearing his gaze away now that she was out of sight.
As he turned his head, he saw Nathan Lockwood's thoughtful expression.
Aaron immediately raised an eyebrow.
While he wasn't as sharp as Nathan, he had plenty of experience reading the other man's expressions.
Just like right now. Nathan's current expression was particularly telling.
Connecting Nathan's gaze, which had been fixed on Zoe Pierce, with his expression, Aaron rolled his neck a few times. "Nathan," he began, "did you... figure something out again?"
After all, he'd been the one to notice the thing with Zoe, Miles Sherman, and Chase Shaw.
Nathan Lockwood leaned against the starship's metal wall, his gaze still fixed on the spot where she had disappeared.
