Chapter 5

After that talk with Adama, things got better for Kara, slowly but surely.

She told Adama about her nightmares, and he had a word with Cottle.  The doc allowed her back on the sleeping pills, although she had to trail down to life station every night to take her solitary tablet.  It was humiliating, but it was worth it to sleep ( Read more... )

Chapter 4

Three weeks later - weeks of avoidance and angry silence punctuated by bitter arguments - Sam cornered Kara in her office one evening.

“President Roslin’s offered me a position on her security team.”  He stared at her bent head until she gave in and looked up at him.  “I’m going to take it.”

She swallowed hard.  “But that means you’ll ( Read more... )

Chapter 3

Helo couldn’t help groaning inwardly when he saw Sam Anders waiting for him outside the briefing room.

He really didn’t need this right now.  Every time he closed his eyes he could see Lee Adama bleeding to death in front of him, struggling to breathe as he choked out his last words.

He’d never known Apollo well, but he’d liked what ( Read more... )

Chapter 2

“What happened?” asked Adama.

He was doing his best to keep his voice under control, but Kara could hear the raw pain underneath.  He had lost both his sons now.  She noticed that Laura Roslin, who was sitting next to him, put a hand on his arm.

At least she was noticing things again.  For a while there everything had been a blur.  She ( Read more... )

Chapter 1

Kara Thrace didn’t need Lee Adama any more.

She had seen to that.  She’d built a new life for herself, down on this planet with Sam.

It hadn’t been an easy thing to do.  She’d had to give up flying her viper, and that had hurt more than she could ever express.  But it had to be done.  She’d needed to escape from that life, from ( Read more... )