Chapter Thirty-One
The first thing Kes thought of when he heard the announcement was Isobel and Miki. He didn’t know where they were. Were they near a shelter? Would they be safe?
A dreadful pall fell on him. Was anywhere on Concordia safe? What would the Scythians do when Meredith refused to give up anyone as tribute? If past experiences were anything to go by, the aliens would attempt to annihilate the colony.
Well, if they were all to die, Kes wanted to be with his wife and child when it happened.
The atmosphere in the bar had flipped from drunken congeniality to fear and confusion. After shock at the announcement of the imminent arrival of the Scythians had frozen everyone, chaos descended on the place. Some people roughly pushed past Kes as they ran for the door, others had sunk t
