The Krinar Eclipse by Lauren Smith
Prologue
Five years ago
Bianca’s sweet sixteenth birthday should have been celebrated with a new car in the driveway with a pretty bow on it, not with an imminent alien invasion. Instead of Bianca rushing out the door, shiny new keys in hand, two Secret Service agents rushed into her bedroom and hustled her into the hallway toward her father’s room.
“We have secured Hummingbird. Repeat, we have secured Hummingbird,” one agent said into his ear mic. The two armed men trapped her near the back wall of her father’s bedroom, shielding her with their bodies.
“Bianca?” Her father rushed over to her, his own security detail flanking him. “Are you all right?”
“I’m fine…” Her voice shook as she looked around the room. “What’s going on?”
“A ship has appeared
