corvus constellation Liana Wheeldon

looked twenty, she got a very substantial insurance settlement. That will pay for even more DNA treatments.”

Shipley smiled. “Breaks my heart to know she won’t get to spend all that money.”

The Captain choked as the air continued to thin.

“So, Captain,” Shipley asked, “what would you do, if you had some more time left?”

Mackenzie took a deep breath. “My next wife would be a Sileen, just to hedge my bets.” Jefferson coughed. “With yellow pupils, and orange and purple skin?”

“I’d get used to it,” the Captain choked.

“Captain,” Shipley wheezed. “Are you going to tell the rest of the crew they’re going to die?”

The lights died, plunging the bridge into darkness.

Mackenzie gasped for air, shaking violently from the dropping temperature. “I think they may have guessed.”

corvus constellation by Liana Wheeldon