Levik Annihilation War (3)
While the Xilu people on the capital world of Levik were gripped by fear and anxiety, the Endless-class Super Carrier lay silently at anchor in an uninhabited star system four seconds from Levik.
The warship hid in the shadow of a gas giant, making the fullest use of the planet's powerful and chaotic magnetic field to conceal itself.
"Hey, Captain, how about some coffee?" Kaidan Alenko walked into the gym carrying two cups of coffee.
Up ahead, Shepard was doing pull-ups on a horizontal bar. She wore only a black tank top, revealing the tight, toned lines of her body. With every rise and fall, the muscles around her shoulder blades flexed into beautiful curves. Beads of sweat gathered on her skin, then fell drop by drop with her movements.
Only then did Kaidan Alenko notice that her calves were strapped with a tremendous amount of weight! No wonder the bar, made of flexible material, looked as though Shepard was about to pull it apart.
Hearing Kaidan's voice, Shepard jumped down. Without even removing the weights, she walked over as if they were nothing, took the coffee from his hand, and drained it without ceremony.
Then she tossed the cup back to Kaidan and said coldly, "Got too much free time? Come spar with me."
"Oh! Let's not do that!" Kaidan hurriedly backed away. "Look, didn't you just work out for a full two hours? Sparring now would be a little unfair, wouldn't it? Uh... I mean... unfair to me..."
But Shepard ignored him completely. She had already picked up a roll of cloth and begun wrapping her hands, with a pair of boxing gloves tucked under her arm. "If you get in the ring now, we can settle this in the ring. If you don't,