04 • PERMISSION GRANTED  Sanaa’s mouth opened slightly as she unconsciously drew air into her lungs. She had dozed off, and Ade had knowingly allowed it for a handful of minutes, sitting perfectly still as she rested her head on his shoulder. He had sat there in silence as the darkness of night crowded in […]

It was two minutes to midnight. Sanaa delicately slid her freshly-shaven head into the grey astronaut helmet with her initials etched into it, her eyes darting around fearfully as she marched in formation onto the blistering tarmac. Sanaa and the thousands of others in her fleet were boarding mammoth-sized rocket ships forty stories tall in […]