Chapter 12
“The most commons of all follies is to believe passionately in the
palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.”
—H.L. Mencken
Sarran Calendar: Cycle 9435.B115-16
Earth Calendar: July 25th evening, July 26th, after midnight
Tonas was sated and comfortable. His Firefly lay at his left as Anya did on his right. They were asleep but he lingered in the half-light of afterglow. Thank the Goddess they persevered. Joining was glorious; it was more than what they anticipated. As tortuous as the Ipz attack had been on the WarriorPairs without a fem, Tonas now knew that it could not begin to approach the wrenching agony of losing one of a Triad. The idea of being somehow less to Jonal when they Bonded with Anya had torn him apart. Now that he knew Triad, without Jonal h
