Chapter Fourteen
“The wound was healing,” said Yehfe. “Now progress has slowed.”
He stood in the control center with Chen and Hsing. On the ship’s monitor he spied the luminous tail of the comet they were using for cover to sneak back into the galaxy and return the human women to Earth.
It had been nearly two cycles since Beulah had left Pakua’s rooms. Nearly two cycles since Yehfe had felt her flesh under his fingertips. Since he’d felt her energy pulse through his body, his mind, and his spirit and pierce straight into both of his hearts.
Even now, he sensed her presence on the ship. Her presence pulsed bright like a beacon calling him home. Yehfe resisted the pull to go to her.
For the first full cycle, she’d lain in repose in her rooms. It was difficult to tear his attention away
