A slow burn Sci-fi romance that follows our couples on their journey across the galaxy searching for love, redemption, and acceptance.

Sneak Peek

CHAPTER ONE

“So, you’re the new captain of Team Celestia. You’ll like flying the S.S. Nimbus. It may be a little temperamental, but she’s the fastest ship in our fleet.” Sergeant Mu beamed as he escorted Priah Delta around the air hangar. 

‘This is your last chance, Pri, you can’t fuck this up…’ Priah thought while she half listened to this man who only came up to her shoulder. Nodding along to his prattling as she tried to calm her racing heart. She thought about all she had to lose, and all she had to gain if she was successful here. 

Team Celestia. She only knew the name from the letter the Council sent her about this opportunity. A chance to redeem herself to the Deltas, to the Founding Four, to the Council, to her… and to all of Atherialus. 

Atherialus is the floating colony home of the last of the humans. The colony has been created with repurposed pieces from the space debris they have scavenged as they flew across the deep void of space. The colony had become quite big over the last 1,000 years, one large domed space with simulated Earth soil, plants, and even weather, had turned into four domed villages. The population had tripled over this time and they were able to introduce crops and even some small animals, like chickens, cats, and dogs. They had just introduced cows and horses, finally able to support them with space and resources. 

The Earth ending event happened in 2020, humans were only given a few minutes to try and escape before the entire planet imploded, turning into the black hole that ate up more than half of the whole milky way within the next decade. For the three space cruises that were already boarding when the announcement was made, they were the only humans that survived.

When they formed their new colony, everyone took a new last name to show their place in the hierarchy. Based on the Greek alphabet, the leader took the last name Alpha. The Founding Four families led the humans from survival to a thriving ecosystem with lush plant life, animals, and continued to explore the galaxies. 

In the year 3020, the Cosmix Federation, an intergalactic alliance that focused on data collection and record keeping of everything in the Universe, invited the humans to join. They were interested in the fact that the humans were able to travel far and would be able to help their cause. 

That was when the Council, still being run by the Founding Families with the addition of the Commander in Chief of their small military, started to put together their surveying team. Priah was a controversial choice, secretly pushed by her distant great uncle Titus Delta who sat on the council. This had nothing to do with Priah, Titus just wanted his family's name to be highlighted in this revolutionary achievement for their colony’s history books.

“Here she is, she’s a beaut huh?” The sergeant gave a huge smile like he was showing off his pride and joy.

Priah had to admit the ship was beautiful. It had an elegant shape based on the ancient angelfish with a large dome on top, exposing the main deck and cockpit filled to the brim with their latest technology. There were two large cylinder engines on the back of the ship on either side of the large colorful fin, colored in a vibrant rainbow that caught the simulated sunlight reflecting glorious rainbows across the whole room. The body of the ship shimmered in pinks, yellows, and oranges in a pearlescent sheen. 

“Come, it’s time to meet your team.” He said turning and walking towards the large gray building that was next to the hangar. The building had a large dome top, circle windows in grey trim, and it looked like it was made from cement with a rough texture on all the walls. The sign hanging over the doors had large black letters that read “Air Base”.

The front doors, large glass double doors with small black handles, led to a large lobby that had floor to ceiling swirled black and gray tiles. A secretary sat behind a large black desk and gave the sergeant a quick salute from her seat. They both saluted back, but when the woman saw Priah, her face soured and she quickly went back to her work, never losing the sour face.

Priah tried not to let that bruise her ego. She thought back to her military times, before things went so bad. She remembered when people would stand and salute her instead of avoiding eye contact, or the glares. She deserved it though… nothing she can do will ever make up for what she did. 

They entered a briefing room, it was a little too small for the crowd of people and bots that filled it. The large circular table with chairs in the middle of things didn’t help the situation. 

Priah scanned the crowd as the sergeant clapped twice to get the attention of everyone. Her eyes fell on a small frame with a short curly bob and large silver circle glasses and her heart skipped a beat.

“Georgette…” She said under her breath.