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“I don’t want to argue about this again,” she said

“We’re not going to” One of DT’s long fingers slid down her cheek “Because we’re going to work together From now on”

Gizelle’s eyes greide “Meaning?”

“We’re a team now Maybe ays have been In a way”

Gizelle took a moment to process his words His promise

Then she sht” And as she looked around the small, empty room, she realized that Trey had known it, too

“DT,” she said as she turned back to him “I love you”

He grinned at her And Gizelle knew that being a “tea of what they shared

Epilogue

As Trey dragged on his clothes and slipped fro of the tattoo that circled his thick arm He hadn’t needed to stay behind to know that Gizelle and DT’s partnership had been solidified tonight DT would fight harder for The Cause, because of Gizelle Because he’d want her out of danger, and he’d find a way to help end the war in order to ensure her safety The future of the Milky Way Galaxy would not be so bleak now Humanity would endure

And Trey knew—as he knew so s because of his peculiar existence—that Gizelle and DT’s children would do their duty to alaxy, once it was restored

Trey was thathis own destiny

He disappeared into the shadow created by the tall foliage, knowing that noas needed elsewhere But it wouldn’t be where he wanted to go, with the people he yearned to see Not yet He glanced again at the now-smaller tattoo on his arm Soon, maybe But not yet