Chapter 35On the Martian surface, Montreal found himself pinned down by one of the Yvgch soldiers. An earlier fall had additionally left him with a pain in his side that slowed his reactions. But while this Yvgch is forced to deal with me, it ensures that the bastard can’t join its compatriots in attacking the city. Overhead, the mothership continued to hover, dipping slightly lower as if considering landing. However, the ship and her remaining outlying satellites seemed content to play a waiting game. For which Montreal was thankful. With Thoth still working on the defences, if they’d all landed, we’d have been easily defeated. I only hope Juniper and Aaron as safe down there. A beam of light burst from beneath the ground and slowly resolved into several golden spheres. From his vanta

