"Jilleen!" Dani glanced up in surprise and craned her neck around to look at the other officer. "Hello there."

She felt a little guilty. Dani had meant to respond to the other woman's letter, but had gotten distracted and forgotten that she hadn't until just now. Chalk it up to pregnancy brain, she guessed.

"It's good to see you. I'm doing as well as can be expected I guess." She patted her very swollen midsection with a wry smile. "Waiting on these two to decide its time to come out in a few weeks."

She was also worried sick about Rhys and her fellow pilots on Avalon, but tried not to show her concern.