Chapter 5 (Celeste Rising)

“Anubis,” he said. “God of the dead.”

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A small torpedo shot out, seemingly from nowhere, flashed across the big screen and ended in an explosion at the side of one of the two smaller enemy ships.

Ayla could hear cursing over the speakers, alarms ringing, someone shouting orders.

“Joy,” Ayla spoke into her comm. …