He was an admiral in the Scyftan fleet until the coup happened, abandoning his fleet by stealing one of their hyperspace capable shuttles. After that,...he was off the grid for over four hundred years before reappearing, now leading the mercenary group ‘The Indomitables.’ They have had a very good track record, especially since he took over.][It appears he had a wife, Nira Dryth, ] Abi continued. [She died when a beam weapon from a ship allied with Kaldrus Dhir impacted the part of the space. They hadn’t spoken more than ten words to each other since that morning a week ago when she’d lied to Aidan. Now it felt like her heart was going to break every time she looked at him. Demon rose from his seat close to the pilot. He said something to the man and then turned to look at his team. ‘It’s time!’ He had to shout because even Demon’s rough, gravelly voice was drowned out by the vibrating roar of the plane. The Alphas rose, checking their gear. Mia hitched her chute a bit higher on. It was copies of those reports that had landed on the Agency director's desk. It was really doing him no favors; it would be a long, long time before he would sleep more than a few fitful hours at a time. His dreams would be of alien swimmers darting through the dark antarctic waters to attack an American nuclear submarine.Mike looked through the windshield at a bloody field of carnage. Two men lay beside the pickup truck, torn and bleeding. Another two men lay beside the other van, shot to. “Hush boy stay quiet. He had only lightly tied the horse's tether and knew if any bad fortune befell him, Phantom could break free and make his way back home.Jane slipped a booted foot clear of the stirrup, “up you come to my fine friend, you may ride behind me.”Davey smiled, he had ridden two-up before, but never behind such a beauty as the fair Jane. Placing his own booted foot in the stirrup, he swung himself easily onto Shadows back.“Sir, may I trouble you for my stirrup back, you may hang.