Tarviisa. The one place in the universe he never thought he’d return to.
Beauty lounged in the chair behind his console and looked out the main viewscreen as they approached the planet. It filled the screen, all blue-violet seas and white clouds, interspersed with idyllic-looking little island chains and large, floating cities. This was the tourist side of the planet, the place people all over the galaxy paid hefty credits to visit. It looked like paradise… but it was a rotten one. On Tarviisa nothing was sacred. You could get anything for a price.
“It’s beautiful,” Marika breathed, her hand on the back of his seat.
He grunted, trying not to breathe in her scent too much. Light and alluring, it was a temptation he couldn’t afford, not when it could entice the dark creature that hid with
