“That was incredible,” I moan.
He stares into my eyes. “Dax is gone for two weeks, and I’m hungry for more.”
This is my family now. Dax, Turin, and Naomi. We once traversed the cosmos in search of a better future. Well, we found that.
Every once in a while, Hugh and Roy call. We don’t say too much, but I always hang up feeling renewed.
With no one knowing, we changed the course of the world. Maybe we couldn’t stop Earth Federation’s expansion. But we could start a family that believed in the good of humanity, a family that believed in change and growth.
Considering what we went through to get to that stage, that’s pretty unbelievable.
Turin’s arms coil around my breasts from behind. “I was wrong,” he says.
“Hm? About what?” I ask.
He tongues my neck, tenderly. “Humans are wonderful creatures.”
I place my hand on his cheek and stare into his dark eyes. We’ve been through a lot, but life is a road of self-continuing discovery. It has taken him a long time to admit this.
I ease back into him, feeling his warmth wash over me.
Humans don’t thrive on pain. Nor do they prosper by the hands of malevolence or any kind of evil.
Humans thrive on choice. The decision to do good and exercise compassion. The choice to accept that the world loves you back, even when it beats you down.
I believed in a better world, and I got it.
I believed in love.