CHAPTER 73

 Palina was the only one within her group that was not bound in some fashion, and she let her eyes wander over those in the Raptor with them. The men and women were a mixture of human, elf and genome, yet they interacted as if there was no difference among them in the least. The shadow passed in front of her and she looked up to see Leland standing in front of her.

 "Elf Mother… perhaps you would like to see what we have built in the three months since your husband and the High Elf Council of Elders expelled us." Leland said to her, motioning with his hand to the cockpit.

 Palina glanced quickly at Cantel before getting to her feet and moving for the cockpit Leland right behind her. She climbed the small staircase and moved up into the cockpit to see the backs of the pilot and co-pilot. She turned and saw the engineer sitting at her station, and her eyes went a little wide when she realized the engineer was an elf.