I'd won a battle, but the war still stood before me.
Yes, I'd defeated Steel Eyes, but it meant nothing. My girls, on the other hand, meant the world, the galaxy, the universe, to me.
Holo, the AI with a body to die for and a mind as sharp as a Terrulean battle axe. Kit-Kat - a sassy, smart and drop-dead gorgeous catgirl. The demon, Frix - so hot she could burn a hole in any man's heart.
Zen? Well, she was a possibility but not a certainty. The foxkin intrigued me, enticed me. Would destiny see us get together?
Fate had dealt us a terrible hand, but we kept defeating everything it put in our way. But now we faced the ultimate challenge. We ventured to the mysterious Varge Home Worlds where certain death awaited us.
And if that didn't kill us, then I had to annihilate the invincible.
I had to wipe out The Swarm.
Why?
Because I promised one of my girls I would, and you know what?
Starship Heroes always keep their promises.
