Chapter Twenty-Five
“Why do you run from it?” Hsing asked.
Pakua set the ship on autopilot and pushed away from the console. “You ran from it at first.”
“I did not run from Shanti.” Hsing shook his head, his eyes going hazy with memories. “There are a lot of emotions, a lot of feelings. I thought it would make me weak, but I was wrong. The bond has made me stronger. She makes us both stronger.”
Pakua was reluctant to agree with that. The wound at his side was healed. His spirit was light. He felt he could fly the ship on his back. “If I give in to this, and something happens to her, I would break.”
“We all have experienced loss, Pakua. But we have all come out the other end stronger than we were before. We did not break. In fact, we’ve learned to bend. Bending a woman is an interestin
