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"What are you talking about?" Zaarek asked while I started projecting Hannah's request to the wall.

"This looks like fun," Luph exclaimed happily, pulling Noodar to a chair and sitting on his lap.

"You found it." Hannah beamed and moved back into my arms.

"I'll always find what you're asking me for,baby." I winked at her.

She laughed and it was the best sound in the entire universe to my ears. We might not know yet what was awaiting us, but when I looked at our group and held my mate in my arms, I knew we would make it through. Every single person in this room brought something to the group that strengthened us. Even Nock, as he opened another bag of cookies, looked mischievously around to see if anybody noticed.

Yes, there was no doubt in my mind that our immediate future would be filled with danger and adventure, and I would protect the female in my arms with my life, but there was also a stranger's voice filling my ear, telling me that everything would be all right. We would find what we needed and get our revenge.

HANNAH

EPILOGUE

I stareddown at the most beautiful planet I had ever seen. Darlam. A deep red illuminated and warmed its surface, turning the entire planet into a magnificent cacophony of blues and purples. Even one of the moons surrounding it looked to be a deep violet. Strangely, it was more the moons and the sun calling to me than the planet itself.

"It's because we've never seen it any other way," Thrax said, with his arm draped around my waist.

He was probably right. From what Luph and Zoe had dug out, the Darlams had not been spacefaring, so it made sense that the moons and sun would look more familiar to me.

I still had a hard time wrapping my head around our reincarnation theory. Well, it looked more like it was true than a theory, but I was starting to get a headache thinking about it.Suahaana. Her name echoed inside my head endlessly. Other than feeling a certain amount of compassion for her, though, I didn't feel much. No attachment, grief, or love. Relief. That was the most predominant emotion I felt for her. Or me. Or whatever. Relief that she and I had been the same person and that Ididn't have toshareThrax with her. Not that I would have. Yeah, everything about this was most certainly a headache waiting to happen, and most of the time, I didn't want to think about it.

It was weird, though. The men of our group had more frequent dreams, sharing them among our group in the morning. Nock had even started doing someregression therapy—not that he or any of us was an expert, but it did seem to help the men. It was weird in so much that the girls had no memories whatsoever. We might get a slight impression, like a forgotten dream, or get a little sobby at hearing a name, or like now when I was staring at the sun and moons, a feeling of familiarity rose inside me. But memories? Nope, nothing, nada.

We had received word from Vraax that he and Sloane were on their way with two Ohrurs in tow after they had to take a slight detour at Sloane's insistence, which Vraax assured us we would fully understand once we heard their story.

They were supposed to join us in a couple of days, and I was very much looking forward to it. Not just because we would finally set foot on Darlam but because of things Vraax had hinted at that had something to do with the Arkhevari and Pandraxians.

I shuddered at what we would find on Darlam and hoped we would unearth what the Ohrurs did. Then we would exact payback on them.

I had started contact with several Space Guardians. It wasn't easy because of the distance thing, but interestingly, Xyrek was already on his way here, to Darlam.

"Don't trust him," Thrax warned, "this might be a trap."

His warning wasn't necessary. I knew I had to tread carefully. The Ohrurs had rallied all their forces to find us. Large bounties were placed on our heads, and we were called traitors and inciters. Especially after Vraax and Sloane's latest escapade, it seemed that the entire universe was after us.

Strangely, I trusted Xyrek, though. The others had been right. He was moody and not the type for long conversations, but the few messages we had sent were intriguing. He didn't tell me why he was already on his way to Darlam. All my conversations with him and the others were kept light and short because we didn't want to leave a trail the Ohrurs could follow.

For now, I didn't want to think about it. I only wanted to set foot on Darlam, just as much as Thrax.

"I love you so much, Hannah," he whispered in my ear, sending shivers down my spine. "I wish I could offer you more than an uncertain future. You deserve so much more."

"Oh, Thrax." I turned to him. "I don't care about any of that as long as we're together. And you already know that I'm just as invested in this as you are."

A sigh moved through his body. I grabbed his shirt with both of my hands and forced him to look at me. "I love you, Thrax. With all my heart. With everything that I am. I don't care where we are or what we do. I just want to be with you."

"Hannah." He slowly lowered his head, hovering only inches from my lips. "I'm probably a selfish bastard, but I'm so glad you are here. With me. And I swear I will keep you safe."

"I know you will," I assured him. During our journey, we had trained more, and the other women gladly joined us. We were slowly turning into an army the Ohrurs would have to reckon with.

"My Hannah." He kissed me tenderly. "I love you for always and forever."

"And I you, you impossible space cadet. Now shut up and kiss me like you mean it."

He didn't need much more prodding after that.

******The End of book 2 in the Space Guardian’s series. *****