A shout of welcome from the remaining defenders of the house called right upward the eyes of their assailants.

For an instant they felt the bitterness of death; a cry of agony and terror that pierced even the thick walls and windows of the Astronaut reached my ears.

Then a violent shock threw me from my feet.

Springing up, I knew what wholesale slaughter had avenged Eveena and her father, preserved her family, and given a last victory to the Symbol she so revered.

In another instant I was on the roof, and my hands clasped in Zulve's.
"We know," she said.