Chapter 453

“How close was Hannah? How do you know her name?” Damien asked quietly. The boys were talking about the compound during the battle, but he didn’t understand how or when they would have come across Hannah.

“When we were in the compound, she dropped out of the sky,” Mycah said plopping down on Dara’s thigh facing the family. “The tall, thin aliens were coming toward us and she cut them in half. They cut her, too, but she just roared at them.”

My mouth dropped open and I felt the same amazement from Damien and his brothers. We had not known aliens had gotten into the compound. No one would have dreamed they’d been that near the children.

“Ra came, too, and then the warriors all came running. Hannah and Ra made all the aliens fall down and then they talked to the warriors,” Mycah said as his hands explored Dara’s talons as her hand lay at his waist.

We sat in continued amazement as Mycah blithely explained how Hannah had introduced herself and quickly taught the