19 – Life

You're not worthy of him, the blue-blooded, nameless Chiss had told her, and yet he'd give his life for you.

It had been years ago. The ruins of the x-wing he had flown were strewn all over the ground, shattered. I still love you. In a way, she still did, but she had said the words to get him to surrender. She should have known he'd never be manipulated that easily. He never had been.

"Jaina?" Zekk called her, both with his voice and mind. Tearing her eyes away from the wreck, Jaina followed him. She did not look back.