Chapter 10 - A Wedding10th Duomont, 308 (Moonsday)
The binary stars cast duel shadows across the uneven paving stones, silhouetting the arbor and the bushes verdant with spring growth. Under the watchful eyes of their four witnesses and under the authority of the Head-of-Council, Axandra Saugray, Protectress, and Quinn Elgar, archeologist and historian, met to commit their bonding vows. The rite and ceremony created a public and recognizable record of their emotional love and mutual agreement to care for one another in life.
By no means were any of the Bona Dean people limited to their choices of love or relationship and the choice to bond without public record brought no public disdain. As Protectress, the epitome of the Bona Dean people, Axandra accepted her responsibility to create a
