The Interplanetary Guild of Human Affairs sends out dozens of delegations to planets all around the galaxy. Four of the Guild’s employees -- Star, Nate, Fara, and Josh -- grew close on one such delegation, and over the course of five years on assignment, developed a comfortable, happy relationship.<br><br>Then the assignment ends, the group returns to the new human homeworld, Reyhan, where they receive new orders. For the first time in years, they are going to be separated. Between the far-flung locations and length of assignments, there is no way to know when they’ll be together again.<br><br>But Star is not one to simply take what the world throws at them. As a respected bodyguard and security officer, Star’s existence revolves around protecting precious things. Nothing in the galaxy is more precious than their partners’ happiness. With countless variables to consider and dozens of ways it could all fall apart, will it be possible for the group to stay together?

Home

“Babe, you gotta point the camera at your face,” Josh said. “I don’t want to talk to Light’s chin.”


Chuckling, I reached for my comm and lifted it from my chest to focus on my face. Josh’s floating head smiled.


“There you are. I keep saying you should get one of these.” He tapped the device on his eye. “Super convenient.”


“And I keep saying that talking to a floating head is creepy. I don’t want to inflict that on anyone. You could at least set it to scan your whole body.”


I sighed and rolled my eyes, which earned me a laugh. “What’s up? You leaving work?”


Fara’s voice came over the comm, low and sultry. “Hey, Star.”


Followed by Nate’s, “Miss you, Star.”


I smiled. Even after years with them, I still got a surge of protective, fierce love sometimes when I heard their voices.


“I could get the comm to scan them in, too,” Josh offered.


Chapter 7