" she sighed.What had I been so upset about? Why had realizing Izzy didn't like me set me off the way it did? Maybe because I was still hyper-sensitiv... about the cheating. Maybe because I couldn't help but link liking with love. And maybe it had something to do with the after-effects of tying us all together. Or ... no, damnit! That possibility didn't bear thinking about."It's my professional opinion that psychologists know fuck-all about bugger-all." I eventually confessed."Mmm-hmm." Lilly. She stood up to give me a friendly hug, leaning into me a bit more than normal and much more than necessary. I told myself that it was the only way she could give me a proper hug, as her breasts really were in the way. It was still suggestive, even if she had intended otherwise, which she hadn’t. I knew that her chest was big, but saying 38DDDD or 40GG or 42H, or whatever her size was that year, was meaningless to me. I never bothered to remember the size when she told me."Hi," she purred. "I. That cheerful dazzling smile that made her eyes squint just ever so, and her cheeks… those adorable, kissable cheeks stand up whenever she smiled as well. As Dana floated nearer and nearer Sam could tell that she was blushing like a school girl. Standing there at the table, frozen, with a water bottle held in hand still halfway from the picnic basket, Sam’s heart skipped a beat… then another. Unaware that he’d been holding his breath he nearly gasped as he finally inhaled a massive rush. They did not require the blood of theirBondmate to stay healthy and strong. But like their A'shiwi kin theywould wither away if they lost their Bondmate.Icarus was very curious in Unicorn now that he'd discovered she had losther original Bondmate and survived to find another. Could it be in theway they were bonded?He began conversing with the Bio-Ships even before they were allpresent.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Aboard Galaxia:"Lucinda, how are mother and father?" asked.