The Space Merchants by Wendie Nordgren

Author:Wendie Nordgren [Nordgren, Wendie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

By the next evening, Tora had landed on Amphictyon. Transports came, and workers unloaded half of the fuel in the cargo hold. A few hours later I heaved a sigh of relief as Hiroshi flew us toward Arachne. The men worked on the bridge, so Thunderdrop and I took his toys to the relaxation room. I held his princess wand above his head, and he batted at the streamers with his claws. Thunderdrop practiced touching the streamers with each of his claws, turning sideways to do so. After Thunderdrop grew tired of his princess wand, we played with his ball. He had learned to push the ball with enough force to roll it across the floor. I rolled it back to him, but my aim was off, and the ball rolled over to the corner bookcase. Thunderdrop looked at the ball and blinked at it. "Chitter chitter." Then, he turned, shot a strand of silk at it, and drew it back toward himself while winding the strand into a ball. Once he had his ball, he removed his silk from it.

"Wow! That was a really good trick." He blinked at me and brought me the little ball of silk. It stuck to my hand.

The next night before our movie, Thunderdrop put on a show for Yukihyo, Phillip, and Hiroshi. He showed off his fancy fighting footwork, how he could touch each streamer with each of his claws, and how he could pull his ball back when I messed up. "You are most excellent. You have made us all even prouder of you than we already were," Hiroshi told him. Hiroshi's praise earned him a special spider hug, and I could have sworn Hiroshi teared up a bit over the rare affectionate display. Well, it was rare to anyone else, but me. I remained Thunderdrop's favorite person. Hiroshi grunted and patted my spider.

In my quarters Yukihyo and I played the stones game. Thunderdrop, all tired from playing, rested in his web above my vanity. Yukihyo had been quiet. "Is everything okay?" I asked. He locked his beautiful almond shaped milky eyes to mine.

"It is now." He made a move, capturing one of my stones.

"It wasn't before?" I captured one of his stones.

"Those men tried to take you from me." He captured two more of mine.

"No one can ever take me from you." He held my gaze.

"Are you certain of that?" I put all of my feelings into my next words.

"I know that I would have fought with my last breath to get back to you and our life together. Trying to describe my feelings for you with a little word like love seems insignificant. My soul needs yours like my lungs need air." He let out a breath.

"I failed to protect you, again. Those men spied on us, waiting for you to be alone, and used stolen communication to lure you from safety." I looked at my spider, resting in his web.

"I know how you feel." I sent him my feelings of anguish.

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