Chapter Ten
Yehfe held Pakua’s hand. It was the first time his brother had allowed him to touch his person in many revolutions. Since their parents’ deaths, Pakua had retreated into himself. The loss had shown them all how vulnerable all their kind were to an attack on just one.
When brothers were wrenched from each other, the one left alive was weakened without his counterpart. When a mate was snatched from the brothers, the blow could prove lethal.
Yehfe felt his spirit weaken as pain swept through his brother's body. The wound festered, not responding to any healing attempts. They’d even tried the algae plant that Shanti had brought to them from her home planet.
Nothing worked.
“I don’t understand?” Shanti’s voice was quiet as she whispered to Chen. Hers was the only voice speaking
