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Chapter 54

They weren't alone in their little stretch of space. Off in the distance, black orbs lurked. Their ominous presence felt unsettling for everyone. Ozla's stomach ached, and she dry-heaved.

"Dialorians," Scion muttered.

"But how?" Ozla wanted to know. "There weren't enough to stop us from leaving."

"We killed maybe two hundred at the base," Relda recalled, keeping a watchful eye on the growing orbs. "And a few on the ship."

Daly peered into the control center. Hunley rode on her back.

"They were the inhabitants of a whole galaxy," she reminded everyone. "Two hundred, three hundred, that's like a few drops in a whole water body."

"She has a point," Darrion agreed.

One orb was close enough now to see the shield panels. The pilot wore blue goggles. He lifted them off his eyes, and Raylay squirmed. His beard and hair mirrored Raylay's. That was, except Raylay's had a salt and pepper look--white and black interspersed--and this man's hair was snowy white.