The Atlantis World (The Origin Mystery, book 3)
“They were treating him like a member of the admiralty. He tried the data terminal, hoping for answers, but it was off. What were they hiding?
The expeditionary fleet had known about the sentinels for over a hundred years but had assumed the spheres were simply relics of a long-extinct civilization, possibly science buoys studying stellar phenomena.
They were clearly much more.
The door opened, and his wife, Myra, stepped inside, tears welling in her bloodshot eyes.
Ares ran to her but stopped s...hort. He stared at her protruding belly, trying to comprehend.
She closed the distance between them and hugged him tightly. He hugged her back, a million questions fighting a war in his mind, with a single thought winning out: I am alive, and she is here.
They moved to the couch, and she spoke first.
“I found out right after you deployed. I submitted several requests to override the comm silence order, but they were denied.”
“I’ve only been gone point one years.”
She swallowed. “They wanted me to tell you.MoreLess
The expeditionary fleet had known about the sentinels for over a hundred years but had assumed the spheres were simply relics of a long-extinct civilization, possibly science buoys studying stellar phenomena.
They were clearly much more.
The door opened, and his wife, Myra, stepped inside, tears welling in her bloodshot eyes.
Ares ran to her but stopped s...hort. He stared at her protruding belly, trying to comprehend.
She closed the distance between them and hugged him tightly. He hugged her back, a million questions fighting a war in his mind, with a single thought winning out: I am alive, and she is here.
They moved to the couch, and she spoke first.
“I found out right after you deployed. I submitted several requests to override the comm silence order, but they were denied.”
“I’ve only been gone point one years.”
She swallowed. “They wanted me to tell you.MoreLess
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