‘I thought it was just me. I put it down to hormones.’ I laughed to change the mood. ‘Ah hormones! Well I don’t think we can repeat our last e...capade, not with the baby here.’ We arrived at the top of the hillock and searched for somewhere we could put the carry-cot down. I picked up our son and cuddled him to my chest. He lay there looking at me, that incurious look that all babies have. ‘So what are you going to say?’ Bella asked. ‘Hang on! I thought it was you who was going to talk.’ How. She didn't dare go to active sensors as there were enemy ships in system.The wealth of information she already had was enough to keep naval intelligence busy for weeks. She had dropped a message drone during a brief stop as well as an update on her projected course prior to coming to this system. Everything she had was in that drone.They had slowly been moving closer to the inhabited planet in this system when a drive node blew. It had been known to happen, rare an event though it was, but when. Nice and gentle, that's the way to start. Now it's your turn."With a nervous smile Charlie reached out and once again took my breast in his left hand. He was still a little clumsy but it felt fantastic to have a man, albeit my son, playing with my breasts. He gently rubbed my nipple with the tips of his fingers which sent little electric sparks running through me."Do you see how my nipple is standing out?" I asked. "That means you're doing it right, that means it feels good. It's a bit like. "I suppose I shall have to give more credence to the mad ravings of the prophets. They have come."He vanished in a flash of light.Tam's eyes popped open, and a great smile spread across his face. "They are the ones — they are the hope we have awaited!"Vellana's brow furrowed. "The champions the prophecies speak of?" Yes, Vellana, the universe has been awaiting this moment since its birth. The presence of the stones in this reality is an aberration, and now they shall contend for dominance.