Chapter 21
That was seven years ago. Taurus has been ours for most of that time, guaranteeing the passage of supply ships from one part of the trade Axis to the other. We re-built the ravaged colony with our own hands and added a nice abode for ourselves.
Now we patrol the section around the planet. We charge docking fees and protect merchant ships from pirates and other rogues.
We had almost finished building our own housing when one day, in the middle of a conversation, Aidin looked at me and undressed me with his eyes. I smiled because I had waited for this moment, knowing it couldn't be too far off. He blushed and turned away and never mentioned it again. Apparently, Rane had it worked out much earlier, but he was always the shy one, so I cornered him in the garden one day where he
