The Return Part 7 – The Sacrifice by Jan

The moon shone full and high in the heavens. Its rays bathed the bedroom’s curtains in a milky luminescence.   Laurent lay in exhausted sleep. He twisted and coughed. Beads of sweat rolled from his forehead onto the pillow.  “I have to… make it… must… hang…on,” Laurent groaned and resisted the images flashing in his mind’s eye.   ****  Captain Nev-Auren had a moment’s admiration for the...