Something was different about her. At first Thorne thought he was imagining things because there was no way that things could be going wring in their relationship. hat was what he kept telling himself anyway. But lately it became harder to ignore. He would walk into a room and she would immediately close her port screen or stop speaking part way through whatever conversation she was having on the net screen.
He had tried to ask her about she was hiding but she would only deny it. Thorne didn't even bother trying to go through her portscreen because, spades she was a brilliant hacker and the was no way someone as technically inept as Captain Carswell Thorne would be able to get past the security measures Cress has undoubtedly used.
It had been about a month since Thorne had first noticed this behavior when the reality of their situation became too impossible to ignore; she was leaving him. She had finally figured out that he didn't deserve her and was finally pulling away.
"Captain" the mechanical voice of Darla, the ship's auto control, took him out of his train of thought "We will reach our destination Lanai, Hawaii in approximately 30 minutes."
"Err- thanks Darla." He replied, making his way to the cockpit to prep for landing "you hear that Cress? Landing in paradise in half an hour. Can you make sure the antidote is ready to go once we touch ground?".
He knew the regular charisma was missing from his voice, but he couldn't bring himself to care. Every time they landed recently, he became consumed with the fear that it was their last stop before Cress found the place she would want to stay instead continuing on in their mission.
"Got it!" Cress replied over the intercom in an excited tone. "OH, Captain, I forgot to tell you but I have to meet someone while in Hawaii so I won't be back on the rampion until later"
Who did she know in Hawaii? As far as Thorne new, Cress's friends where still in their respective homes. There haven't been any reports of the Eastern Common Wealth Emperor of the former Lunar queen coming their way. And Wolf and Scarlet were in the middle of their harvest season on the farm so he knew they weren't in Hawaii.
"Uh sure" not knowing what else to say "Do you want me to come with you?"
"No!" She said a little to quickly "I mean – you should take some time off and enjoy Hawaii while we're here. I'll be fine."