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“Yes!”
“I can play unfairly, too, my love. I want you safe.”
They didn’t speak again until they both came for a second time. Anna collapsed on his chest, nuzzling her face against his. Long minutes passed as they both recovered.
Anna finally spoke. “I’m going with you. I’m hoping everything will be fine, but I want to be at your side if you face danger. We live or die together, handsome.”
He held her in his arms just a little tighter. “I can’t stand the thought of losing you. I wouldn’t want to live without you.”
“Exactly. Right back at you. You go, I go. We’re joined at the hip.”
He sighed.
“For better or worse. Danger or not. We stay together.”
“We stay together. This better not be a trap. I’ve never wanted to kill humans, but I swear I will wipe them all out if they set a trap for us. No one is taking you from me, Anna.”
“I’d kill for you too. Promise you won’t sneak out and leave me. Your word.”
He gave her a squeeze. “I give you my word. I’m not happy about it, but we stay together.”
She felt relief. “I love you.”
“I obviously love you too, or I’d never agree to this. I feel like I’m already failing as a husband.”
That had her jerk her head up and meet his gaze. “You’re not. Great marriages are made of partnerships, Fig. It’s being there in the good times and the bad. The rougher the situation, the tighter we need to stick together.”
“I understand.”
“Good. I want to protect you, too. We can’t watch each other’s backs if we’re apart.”
“You win, Anna. I am not happy, but I have sworn to take you with me.”
She laid her head back down on his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat. “How early are we leaving?”
He hesitated. “We want to get there before Free does. It’s going to be close. He wasn’t thinking clearly when we gave him the news about Marisol. I’m thinking he’ll stress his engines to get to her as fast as possible.”
“He loves her.”
“Yes. Even after she broke his heart.”
“Love isn’t always painless or easy to obtain. It took me eighty-five years to find you. I’m hoping she realized what she lost and now wants to get back together with him. Then again, I’m a bit of a romantic.”
“Computer, decrease the lights to ten percent,” Fig ordered.
The overhead lights dimmed.
“We should get some sleep. Are you cold?”
Anna shook her head. “The room is perfect, and I don’t want to move. I love being right here.”
“I make a good mattress.”
She yawned. “Yes, you do. I’m tired. It’s been an eventful day. How about we nap for a few hours and then go back to your shuttle? We need to beat Free back to that shuttle.”
“Is there any way I can change your mind and have you stay here while I go?”
She caressed his skin, loving the feel of him as she started to doze off. “Not a chance in hell, handsome.”
