Chapter 9, Ollie Shoemaker:
“What do you mean, we are locked in?” Ollie ran back to the door of his quarters where Joti stood and tried the knob.
“I could give you a smartass answer, but now wouldn’t be the time.” Joti moved out of the way, allowing Ollie to try the door for himself.
“What the hell happened?” Ollie pulled and pushed on the door to no avail. He contemplated pounding on the door, but he would not give the guards the chance to think of him as a scared child. He heard them talking and didn’t want to add fuel to the fire. “Am I even married? Is the war over?”
Joti moved to look out the window of the third-floor room. “I took the time to look up some Zarian law, while you played groom. According to Zarian custom, the wedding is not official until you two consummate the weddi
