38 parts Complete MatureThe Horizon was built for speed, for exploration, for conquering the dark between stars. Captain Thalia Vance had never feared that darkness - until she saw him.
Elias was a remnant of another century, a man who should have turned to dust on Earth long before the Horizon was even conceived. His form was translucent at first, a flicker in her peripheral vision, a whisper against the hum of the engines. He claimed the ship itself carried him - bound in the alloy of its frame, born from the steel salvaged from an ancient sea vessel he once commanded.
The farther they travelled from Earth, the more he changed. The glow of stars made him sharper, the air between them warmer. His voice lost its echo and became flesh in her ear. By the time they reached the edge of known space, he stood before her as though he'd never died at all.
But between them lay a truth more dangerous than any black hole - to touch would break him. The tether that anchored his existence to hers was delicate, spun of forces neither science nor spirit could explain. One brush of her fingers against his skin, and the universe would reclaim him.
Yet the galaxy was vast, and human hearts were small enough to ignore reason. Each hyperspace jump brought them closer to their mission's end... and closer to the moment they both feared and craved.
In the endless night between stars, love was the brightest light - and sometimes, the most destructive.