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Trist, Private Quarters, Two days later
I felt them before I saw them. My family. And gods help me, that now included the Trion doctor, Brax. He was not what I expected, the Trion male. More warrior than healer. Fiercely and completely in love with my mate before I knew of her existence.
But I felt their bond, even now, their emotions coming through my collar in a soothing familiarity that I knew my mate needed with me injured. Her pain and terror had been breaking me more than the agony of the plasma burns that covered nearly half of my body. And yet, once I’d accepted Brax, added his mental strength to our family bond, she’d calmed. His iron will and mental walls had wrapped around her and she’d calmed.
Even now, as I paused on the threshold of my own quarters, I could feel them b
