“Nat, please! You know I want to be with you. I just can’t hang out tomorrow, you have to understand. Why don’t we do something on Thursday instead?” I splutter. I can’t believe I have to do this to her again.

“Yeah, okay. Let’s do Thursday. Then you can stand me up like you always do.” Nat sighs. She holds her hand to the bridge of her nose, “Please, Rafe, please just tell me what you do all th...

I cower behind a tree, staring as the red men destroy what had been my flying home for so many years. We had finally found the other species. So many centuries put towards finding this planet, only for them to welcome us with hatred and death.

Silent tears roll down my face. Events from last night replay constantly in my mind. My mentor, the pilot, shot as she walked down to greet the humans. Not...