Later that evening, he lay in bed absently fingering the unicorn bracelet Nali had given him. He smiled when Tonya pulled back the covers and slid in beside him. He held his arm out for her to snuggle against him.
“Are you still worrying about Nali?” she asked.
He nodded. “I guess if anyone should be worried, it is the aliens. Nali is formidable when she is in a good mood; she can be devastating when she is in a bad one and nothing will do that faster than a threat to the monsters that she protects,” he murmured.
Tonya chuckled and ran her fingers through the hair on his chest. “I can only imagine. I was pretty impressed by one pissed off Pirate King,” she observed.
He suddenly rolled over and lovingly looked down at her. “I love you,” he said before he moved to kiss her.
Their lips h
