The morning had the feel of a victory lap.
Kaiden walked through the Eclipse wing with his girls trailing behind him in various states of readiness, and every room he passed had someone who stopped what they were doing to smile at him. Real smiles, the kind that came from people who'd been looking at the standings and had started to relax.
They'd basically won the rookie track. The gap between Eclipse and second place was the kind of number that made pundits on awakened news networks stop pretending there was drama left in the competition. One more day of grinding, and then a closing ceremony that would make it official.
"Good luck today, Kaiden!"
