Cresting the top of the hill, Luca is the first to see it. A ring of black domes joined by lines to the center like the spokes of an enormous wheel. “We made it. Drop your backpacks.” Luca lets her load slip to the ground. “We won’t need them anymore.” “What are those?” Suri emerges from the grou...
Jessica is the first to jump up, grabbing the pulse rifle and running to the front door, almost overturning the stove. She opens the door and peers out. Without a word, Eva runs in the opposite direction to the back room and emerges with her arms full of boots, fur coats a...