The message from the wrecked ship stayed with Drake long after the ship itself had disappeared from their sensors. The Dark Acolytes were renowned for cruelty but kidnapping children wasn’t something he’d heard of them doing before. Killing them, yes, but not taking them. Whatever they wanted with the children, he knew it wouldn’t be good.
The Dagger continued on its way. There wasn’t much else they could do but all of the crew were watching the sensors carefully for any sign of other ships. The chances of randomly finding any ship once they moved away from the jump point were extremely low, but the crew were determined to spot the Acolyte ship if it happened to be in the same area.
Something was niggling at Drake’s thoughts. He couldn’t tell what yet, but had a bad feeling about the w
