Epilogue
Leora answered Zander’s summons, finding him in the Great Hall staring at one of Lamira’s plants without appearing to see it. He’d been silent on the flight back to his pod, and her daughter’s anxiety had grown when he refused to speak with her.
Her daughter had expected punishment for putting herself into danger. Zander was quick to deliver physical correction, but, judging from Lamira’s blushes, they weren’t entirely unenjoyable.
Lamira had been in tears that morning, saying he’d acted like a stranger, hardly acknowledging her when they returned to his chamber.
“Perhaps he needs time to think about how best to punish you,” Leora had suggested over breakfast.
“The last time he doubted me, he set me aside,” Lamira fretted.
“You are carrying his young. He will not set you asi
