"They didn't hurt me," I replied.
"Were you gone all this time? Three months? Because Sam said that she couldn't feel you…"
"We just returned a few days ago, me, Alexis and Ran," I said.
Paul frowned. "Ran? Why Ran?"
"Because he's my First Lieutenant. When they…made us immobile I guess they thought it might set him off."
Paul nodded. "It would have."
"How is BJ?" I asked.
Paul sighed. "She's getting big." He looked off into the distance. "She had a birthday. She misses you."
I nodded. "I missed her, too."
"I didn't want to keep her from you," Paul said. "Things just got out of hand and I got scared." His eyes scanned my face. Thankfully, my scars had faded. "What happened to you that night at the lodge was completely my fault, and I—"
"It wasn't," I interrupted. "It was mine. Wh
