They watched as the Refuge exploded into spinning lumps of rock. The asteroid had no defensive systems of its own; they"d relied on staying hidden. If by a one-in-a-billion chance a ship had passed nearby, it would have spotted nothing on the surface to hint at what lay within.
More Concordance weapon fire hammered into the asteroid, triggering explosions that sent fragments of rock blasting outwards. White flame flared as the oxygen in the storage tanks erupted. Selene glanced at Ondo, standing stunned beside her. The detonations were tiny flowers blossoming in his wide eyes. Strangely, she thought about the jewelbugs on his plants, picking their way through the jungle in search of secrets of their own.
A ring of ships closed in on the Dragon. However they were doing it, Concordance c
