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He leaned his head against mine and I hummed a tune, something I made up on the spot, something I felt deep in my heart that had no words could express.
“Thank you for coming back for me,” I said.
“I had to come back for you. I can’t live without you.”
I smiled at him and the tears came unbidden.
I let them roll down my cheeks as I kissed him on the lips, wishing I could give him the same gifts he shared with me when we made love.
To help him heal faster.
I would have gladly absorbed the pain for him, as much as I could bear, anything to alleviate the suffering he was going through.
He’d set me free in more ways than one.
I was his and he was mine.
We sat there, facing the dawning of a new day.
Its sunlight warmed our faces and neither of us noticed as a figure in regulation boots stepped before us.
“Sorry to interrupt this beautiful moment,” the leader said.
We both started.
Egara released me and made to rise to his feet.
He lost his balance and fell back.
He shook his head, disorientated.
I stepped between the two males and fixed the leader with a look.
“He’s injured,” I said. “He needs medical attention.”
“The prison has excellent medical facilities,” the leader said. “The sooner we get him there the sooner he’ll be back to his old self.”
He stepped forward and extended an arm to take me but I wrenched it free.
“He saved your life,” I spat. “He saved all your men’s lives.”
The leader seemed taken aback and peered from me to Egara.
Was it possible he hadn’t seen Egara come to the rescue in the shuttlecraft?
“He flew the shuttlecraft into the monster,” I explained. “Without him, your men would be dead. You too. You owe him your lives.”
A corner of his helmet had been smashed, revealing a square chin.
A single line curled one corner of his mouth.
It wasn’t much to go off but I could have sworn his expression softened.
“Is that true?” the leader said.
Egara wasn’t capable of much but he could nod his head.
“I didn’t do it to save you,” he said. “I did it to save her.”
