Chapter 42
Clay stared at Zeek, his mind reeling. He was still struggling to accept that Zeek and the others weren’t human. The story Zeek was telling was packed with more aliens, with different types of alien. One part of the tale shone out though, snatching at Clay’s attention.
“The child. Teeko. Did it have the same powers as its parent? Could it resist the Taint? Could it help others resist?”
“A good question. A very good question. One the scouts were asking themselves from the moment they realised Teeko was the dead alien’s child. Their main concern was getting Teeko safely back to their ship, though. Would Teeko refuse to leave its parent? Would they need to haul the parent’s body to their ship? That was assuming they could even shift the massive corpse.
“They needn’
