Drake grabbed two beers, passing one to Sonia.
“Damn!” said Sonia. “All these problems are going to turn me into an alcoholic!”
“Look on the bright side, if we all get killed you won’t have to worry about that.”
“That’s the kind of bright side I expect from you, Captain!”
“Well there hasn’t been a huge amount that’s bright in our world at the moment!”
“True! Do you think it’s the Dark Acolytes who attacked the ships?”
“I really don’t know. Part of me hopes we don’t find out, another part of me hopes we do and we find a small enough force that we can smash them. Except… if they have been kidnapping children then those kids might still be on the ships. That means if we attack them…”
He trailed off, grimacing and taking a swig of his beer.
“I know,” said Sonia. “But I have to say t
