Chapter 2“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”
—Edmund Burke
The communication console lit up. Tonas pulled away. His body strained, begging. But the console was lit, now was not the time. The government below had forwarded the final proposal. The incoming communication would decide their fate. Tonas dropped to his knees alongside his Bonded, taking deep breaths trying to push away arousal. He grabbed Jonal and held on. “We are one, never alone again.”
It took some time for them to stop shaking.
“It’s going to work,” Jonal said. “We were almost there and we’re not even on the planet yet. The Bond is so strong.”
“Come,” Tonas said rising and pulling the heavy man to his feet. “We have work. There are twenty-five hundred WarriorPairs in the Brightstar Fleet, each with a poten
