Chapter 127 Raphael called the two of them aside privately And said to them: “Do good, And evil will not overtake you. . —Tobit 12:6-7 . RAPHAEL The Light Emerging was the Alliance's newest command carrier. Built in the hope Lucifer's latest trade deals would broker a lasting peace, she'd been outfitted for speed and deep-space exploration, more of a science vessel than a gunship. But not even She-who-is could have imagined how very far she would travel, or the size of the armada she'd command with a single mission: find Earth. The Alliance's newest general, Brigadier-General Raphael, twirled a golden feather as he poured through some deep space scans they'd taken over the past year, searching for the Nephilim command frequencies Jophiel had warned him about. "Here's another one.

