Chapter 13
VERA RODANTHEE
I could not believe that I had agreed to marry a Corillion warrior. It was the last thing that I thought I would ever willingly do after what had happened to me so far. But Truo and I had been through much together, and now we were bringing a child into this world together; marrying him was the right thing to do. It was what I wanted to do.
Now, I had the companionship of another human, Samantha, and I was so excited to be able to speak with her. I had many questions for her about the Corillion and how she lived. Her story was much lighter than mine. She had met Utren on purpose and fell in love with him. Her story was not like mine. She was very happy.
"Any news?” I asked her as she came into my room to rub healing lotions on my leg that was getting better and better every day. I was even walking on it now, but it was still sore.
"No, there is no news from Seeduon. But I am sure that Truo will return soon. There is no bad news from Seeduon, or my husband would've said something. It seems to be a smooth transition of power. I am sure that Truo is just busy getting the leadership under control. He will return any day,” she said to me.
"Is it possible to send a message?” I said, knowing that the message system worked because we had sent a message while we were on the ship.
"No, I asked my husband and he said that the communication towers of the fortress had been destroyed in the upheaval. So no messages can be sent from the fortress, or sent to them,” she said quietly.
I sat there in disappointment. I really wanted to send him a message, and for him to send me one in return just so that I knew that he was all right. It was killing me not knowing what was going on. We had been through too much together. Then I had an idea.
"What about to a ship? We can send a message from here to a ship that is parked at the fortress, can we not? The ship communications should be working,” I said happily.
"I had not thought of that. You are sharp! You will make a great wife at a leader’s side. He can learn from you. I am sure that the message can be done. Would you like me to ask my husband?” she said, closing the healing lotion jar.
"Yes! Will you please?” I said to her.
"I will ask him at evening meal,” she said.
"Actually, could you ask him now? I'm so sorry to ask, but I am very anxious and worried,” I said to her nervously.
"I understand. I will go find him now. But in the meantime, you can start recording a message now if you want to. We can save it and then once I know that it can be sent, I will give it to my husband.”
"Oh yes! That would be great,” I said to her.
Then she walked me over to a panel and showed me how to record. Then she said, “I will give you some privacy to record. I will be back after I have talked to my husband.”
"Thank you, Samantha,” I said, ready to have that privacy.
She walked out and then I sat in front of the recording device.
"Truo, it's me, your wife. It sounds strange to say that again. I never thought I would be happy again as a wife. Please send me a message and let me know that you are alive and well. It is all that I need to know. I love you, and I miss you,” I said.
"I miss you too,” Truo said.
I turned around to see him standing in the doorway.
"Truo!” I stood up in the excitement.
"Whoa! Don't move. I will come to you. Your leg, remember?" he said as he ran towards me.
He scooped me up into his arms and kissed me. I put my arms around his neck, pulling him close to me. His dark hair was down and he looked very healthy and healed. We kissed for a long time, not able to separate from each other. It felt so good to have him in my arms and to know that he was safe.
"Why did you not send me a message? I have been very worried. It has been days since you left,” I said to him.
"I am sorry. I wanted to send a message, but Sitione and I thought it was best that we did not give any cause for anyone to seek you out. We did not want them to know where you were just in case there were still supporters of Cyro out there. It was for your own safety.”
"Well, it had me worried. Not hearing from you for so long and knowing that you were going to the fortress when it has been in chaos,” I said to him.
"I understand. But it is not like that anymore. All is well. All is under control, and there are no threats for us to worry about. Are you ready to come home, our home?” he said as he put his hand on my belly.
"Yes, I am ready. I want to be with you,” I said to him.
He kissed me again. The next day, we were off to the fortress on the asteroid Seeduon. For some reason, it looked different to me. It didn’t look so dark, like a place of doom. It looked cheerful to me as we landed. It shocked me that I saw it such a way. I saw it as a future place of happiness, and I think Truo did too, because of the changes he made.
“Where will we live in the fortress?” I asked him.
“I thought you might ask that. I turned my living quarters into larger apartments for us. It is far from the area of the fortress that you lived in before. That was on the west end of the fortress,” he said. “We will be living in the east end. It is better; you will see.”
So we moved. Truo did not want me to be anywhere near Cyro’s old quarters, or my old room. He wanted a new start, and he had those rooms turned into storage rooms. I would never have to see them again. Now Truo and I lived in the East Tower high up above the fortress with a view of the entire asteroid. We shared a bedroom together, and the rest of the rooms were like a large apartment inside of the fortress walls. It was perfect.
"Are you happy?” he asked me every day.
"I am very happy; thank you for checking,” I would tell him in return. This is how we spent our days. We were very in-tune with each other, and I found it shocking that I should be so connected to an alien warrior with blue scales on his body. The passion was there every day. We made love constantly, not able to get enough of each other.
My belly grew bigger every day, and Truo grew happy with the sight of me growing.
When he made love to me, he was careful not to put his weight on my body; he was such a large warrior. He was gentle and tender, just as he had always been. When it was time for our child to be born, Utren and Samantha came to stay with us. Samantha helped deliver our new child, a human-alien hybrid male. We named him Blue. It was a name that we came up with because of the blues scales of the Corillion warriors. This was to show that our son would be a great leader of the blue scaled warriors.
He was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I had never seen Truo as happy as he was when he held Blue in his arms. It made my heart heal, and it had needed much healing after what I had gone through since I left Earth. I still thought about Marcus almost every day, and I would never forget him. I still loved him deeply, but I knew that he would want me to be happy.
To find happiness no matter where I ventured to, and that just happened to be a Corillion asteroid with an alien warrior that would die for me.
The End