Tylar Daire is the navigator on a space mission whose focus is to discover a cure for a mysterious illness killing colonists on Terra. The crew consists of the captain, a soldier for protection, a scientist to study the virus, Tylar himself, and hot-shot ace pilot Rion Z'ev. From the moment Tylar and Rion meet, sparks fly. They try their best to keep their growing relationship from the others, but when they're alone on the bridge during the day, or holed away in the sleeping quarters at night, they can't keep their hands off each other.<br><br>Soldier Jareth is an old friend of Tylar's. When he begins to suspect he's caught the virus they're trying to cure, he swears Tylar to secrecy. But Jareth gets worse, until he can't hide it any more, and he collapses out in the field. Will the crew be able to defeat the virus, or is it too late to save them all?

Navigator's Log

washed through me. No leaks means no virus could enter the suit. If


the virus can’t come in contact with his heel, then it can’t get


into his body and he can’t die from it—he doesn’t have it, he


can’t.Please God, he can’t. “Did you tell


and sniffled. I’ve never heard a more sinister sound in my life. “I


don’t want him to know. I don’t…”


against his closed eyelids as if trying to blot out the whirl of


thoughts and emotions that had to be swirling through his mind. “I


don’t want him to quarantine me,” he murmured. “I’m here to protect


him, right? I can’t do that if I’m locked away in the


said, trying my best to sound like I believed that. “You’re just


worn down, we all are, and you’ve got a touch of a cold, that’s it.


You’re thinking you have the virus so your body’s acting like you


Chapter 9