Several hours earlier:
“When are you coming home?” Jordan had demanded, holding Helena, her and Dagger’s daughter in her arms. “Here, go play with Leila,” she finally whispered when Helena kept trying to squirm out of her arms.
Taylor laughed when she heard the two little girls squeal with delight. A moment later, Jesse’s face appeared on the screen. She could feel Jesse searching her face to see if she was really happy.
“He loves me,” Taylor said with a grin.
“Let me see your wrists,” Jesse demanded.
Taylor shook her head, but raised both of her wrists. “We are having a ceremony when we get to Rathon. We are on a Kassisan warship at the moment and they don’t have the equipment to do it here,” she explained.
“He’d better or I’ll kick his ass into next week,” Jesse replied before she
