Chapter 149

::Somehow the Goddess must have been guiding my steps that day because they are the color of the grass at the Academy on Sarran and the blue of your planet seen from space. If you like them they can be the symbols of our new Clan, EarthClan.::

Mark opened the box. The box was lined with a white satiny fabric and contained two rings and a cuff.

::These are the Sarran equivalent of wedding rings—promise rings. They are for what you would call a guiche piercing. WarriorPairs wear them so they never forget that their Bond is eternal, just like the rings. When it goes on, it’s locked in place and cannot be removed except at death or in dissolution. Engraved on the rings is a platinum Tierest tree behind which is a blue and green enameled orb. Maybe I had a touch of prescience when I bought them.::

Tears of joy were running freely down Mark’s face. “Can we get this done while we’re here,” Mark asked.