River walked safely surrounded by Torak on one side and his father on the other. They met up with Jazin and Star and Manota and Jo in the center of the garden. It was a beautiful night, and the stars were beginning to come out. All three girls gasped as they saw the twin moons.
“It’s so beautiful,” River said in a hushed voice, looking up.
The moons came into orbit together approximately every ninety days. This was the first they had aligned since River, Jo, and Star had been on Kassis. They looked so huge in the early evening sky.
Torak and Ajaska just grinned down at River, enjoying her awed expression at something they took for granted. Torak felt like everything else paled in comparison to River’s beauty. Since she’d found out she was with child, she seemed to glow as brightly as th
