Empire of Bones
“The heels she wore were killing her feet, but sitting wasn’t an option. She felt drained. Thankfully, it was almost over. The last three days had been hell.
A Fleet crewmember blew a piercing blast on his whistle, the tune all too familiar to her at this point. Jared and the other Fleet officers, dressed in their resplendent black and red dress uniforms, came to attention as the hatch slid open.
The marine honor guard brought their weapons in front of them as their comrades brought the last of ...the crew from Courageous aboard. The men held the sealed boxes high, slow stepping as if the very gravity of the situation held them tightly to the deck.
Seeing so many dead, both the horrible images from the dead Fleet vessel and the coffins passing her one at a time, felt unreal. Nothing she’d ever done before prepared her for the impact of Fleet welcoming home their dead.
Jared held his salute until the last of the coffins had passed. A number of storage compartments would hold the dead until they returned to Avalon.MoreLess
A Fleet crewmember blew a piercing blast on his whistle, the tune all too familiar to her at this point. Jared and the other Fleet officers, dressed in their resplendent black and red dress uniforms, came to attention as the hatch slid open.
The marine honor guard brought their weapons in front of them as their comrades brought the last of ...the crew from Courageous aboard. The men held the sealed boxes high, slow stepping as if the very gravity of the situation held them tightly to the deck.
Seeing so many dead, both the horrible images from the dead Fleet vessel and the coffins passing her one at a time, felt unreal. Nothing she’d ever done before prepared her for the impact of Fleet welcoming home their dead.
Jared held his salute until the last of the coffins had passed. A number of storage compartments would hold the dead until they returned to Avalon.MoreLess
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