“You cannot go, Ashure,” Nali snapped.
“Perhaps if you would explain why I cannot participate in saving the Seven Kingdoms instead of using vague hints and dire threats, I would agree with you,” Ashure replied in an uncharacteristically sharp tone.
“It is too dangerous. If the alien were to inhabit your body—” Nali began before she bit off her sentence and shot an expressive glare at Ashure that Gant didn’t quite understand. “I think you know why that would be a problem.”
Ashure stood and walked over to Nali. He gently grasped her hand and lifted it to his lips. Pressing a kiss to her fingers, he stared down at her with unblinking eyes. Gant swallowed when he noticed a strange swirling of colors in the pirate’s eyes that he had never noticed before. Koorgan had told him of how Ashure’s
