Chapter Forty-OneThe rain beat down on the Plateau, but many angry fires still dotted the Ixtrayu croplands and orchards. Once fertile, arable land had been reduced to ash and scorched earth stretching for a mile to both the Plateau's north and south. Maeve and Davin's adopted home sat in total darkness now that the sun had disappeared below the horizon.
Maeve cranked the Talon's external lights up to maximum intensity, but it provided only a fraction of the illumination they'd need to assess the situation. All she could see through the ship's rain-splattered viewport was a deathly stillness. Nothing moved.
Impotent rage boiled inside her, but she forced it down.
Switching the engines to hover mode, Maeve swept the Talon around the perimeter of the Plateau. All she could see were bodies
