Chapter Thirty-ThreeRahne tore his eyes away from the alien craft for the hundredth time, choosing to focus instead on Kalik. Again, he failed. He couldn't help wonder how the other soldiers could ignore the behemoth that now cast its looming shadow over them. Its sleek gray and black hull gave off an air of menace Rahne could feel in his bones without moving an inch, as if it had eyes upon him, like a great predatory bird ready to swoop down on its prey.
Of all the things he'd expected to find in this remote stretch of barren mountain … aliens? From the Above? On Elystra?
He had questions, so many questions. These beings who, unbelievably, resembled Elystrans in more ways than not, could teach them so much. But instead of being ambassadors, fostering goodwill with them, he and the small
