Being alone is the worst, she sent after another impossibly long silence.
He couldn’t agree more. Then what’s the best?
Stella considered the question, thought long and hard about it before responding. She thought of Takara’s face this morning when Max Harding had declared them a permanent couple in front of their crews. It was the formal declaration of vows that Stella had never thought to share with Jess, partly because they’d believed there was no one to tell.
If it worked for Takara—if it healed the broken heart her Captain had spoken of so often that Stella had finally done a systems’ check on herself to see if she’d grown one to hurt so much—then maybe it would work for her.
What’s the best, Sterling? I look forward to finding that out…together.
He sent back a small burst of sta
