Twenty-Four
Landing
Robin awoke to find himself alone. Sitting upright, he sent out emotional feelers, looking for her, trying to tamp down his rising alarm. Immediately, an inner warmth answered. Within seconds, the door opened and she hurried into the room.
He rose stiffly to his feet. Pulling her into his arms, he held her tightly as his heartrate slowed. Her hands clutched the back of his shirt as her lips kissed his neck and shoulder.
“I felt you awaken. Forgive me for not being here,” she murmured.
He managed to chuckle. “More and more I’m getting a taste of what you felt when you were at the Space Center when you first arrived. The strangeness. The uncertainty. The fear.”
Shifting his stance brought forth several small twinges of discomfort. instantly latched onto them.
“You
