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“You won a huge victory today. I’m proud of you.”
He closed his eyes and pulled me against his chest. “Niara,” he whispered hoarsely into my hair. “My vissy.”
I don’t know how long we stood there, simply holding on to one another, listening to the other’s breath and beating heart. Cherishing the moment of peace.
“It seems you won a battle on your own today, Vissy Niara, I’m proud of you.” Myles said when we reluctantly parted so we could make our way to the great hall.
“I have assisted in births before,” I filled him in, waving my hand, “but Thalia’s was by far the easiest ever. She popped that little girl right out.”
I smiled at the memory.
It had been more the blood loss and strain of knowing our men were battling in space than the birth itself that had made Thalia look exhausted by the time we had Daphne and her cleaned and put to bed—a clean bed.
Servants had brought a brand-new mattress, disposing of the soiled one.
“We have a lot to celebrate tonight,” Myles said wistfully.
“We do,” I searched his features, that didn’t appear as happy as they should.
“I just want to take you to bed,” he confessed.
I snuggled back into his embrace, “So do I.”
As if he had been waiting for this moment, Kyle commed him on his palmtop, “Vissigroth, the Susserayn and the other vissigroths have arrived.”
Myles sighed, “We’ll better go greet him.”
With the susserayn arrived three more vissigroths, his human susserayna and another human vissy.
Myles introduced me to the newcomers, “Susserayn Myccael, our susserayna, Oksana, Mallack, Vissigroth of Hoerst and Thalia’s father. Vissigroth Garwayn of Djyngh and his vissy, Brynn. May I introduce my vissy, Niara.”
“I’m very honored to meet you,” I said, bowing to the susserayn and susserayna.
“It’s so nice to meet you, Vissy Niara,” Oksana took my hands warmly in hers. Her light brown eyes filled with honest happiness.
“Susserayna,” I bowed again.
“Sounds like you won us a great victory,” Myccael praised Myles.
“We had the greater numbers and with the new human technology it was an easy victory,” Myles acknowledged the compliment, including the other vissigroths into the praise.
“And you had time to find your querilly,” Myccael added smiling benevolently at me.
“Is my daughter here?” Mallack interrupted impatiently.
Myles had told me Mallack was Thalia’s father, but it hadn’t really set in with me until just now. He was an older vissigroth, but every bit as intimidating as the others, with an aura of tragedy around him.
“She is upstairs in the guest rooms,” Myles tried to evade a straight answers. Not giving Mallack a chance to ask more questions, he added, “Please, follow me.”
I tugged Myles’s arm, “I need to go find Nathan.”
“Invite him up and rejoin us as soon as you can.”
I rose to my tiptoes and kissed him, amazed and grateful for his trust in me. I had gone from being his hostage to becoming his vissy in the span of only a few weeks and my new reality still surprised me.
MYLES
I trusted Niara, but I still didn’t breathe easy until she returned with Nathan, who stood a slightly behind her, reluctantly looking around the room filled with vissigroths and his susserayn.
