Amelia’s gaze remained steady on mine. “We’ll need to move you to 31B,” she said. “Still an aisle, but… you know. Economy.”
31B.
I’d flown enough to understand that 31B was where legroom went to die, where compression was inevitable, where my spine would spend the entire flight protesting.
I glanced past her into the cabin. Seat 2A waited, exactly as I’d paid for it. I could also see Amelia’s expression—pleased, controlled, like someone who’d been handed an opportunity and intended to use it fully.
“You’re not on the preferred tier,” she added lightly, as if this explained everything. “And honestly…” She paused, smile widening with calculated malice. “I think a soldier should be fine with economy seating, right? A soldier’s place.”
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