Desa floated in the column of rainbow light, channelling the Ether’s awesome power toward the ships in orbit. The effort took a toll on her; the strain of exhaustion was getting harder and harder to ignore. She had to hold on! Just a little longer! Just until they made it through the wormhole!
Claire’s telepathy kept her steady, but the girl was struggling as well. Desa could feel her fatigue. And yet, with Claire’s power added to the awareness she gained through contact with the Ether, she saw more than just this pyramid.
Beyond the four walls that surrounded her, she saw the corpses that littered the fields outside. She sensed the men and women who bravely held their ground on the roof. And every bullet that sped from the muzzles of their guns.
She felt the ziarogati as they tried to
