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endeavor,” she said, letting her sister know she didn’t buy the co-ruler bit, but would help anyway.  “Where do we begin?”
    “First of all, we don’t report our losses to Mother or Xaqana-Ti,” Zarnia-Te said.  “Together, we match them in strength here in our own galaxy.  But in the Thousand Worlds we out number Xaqana-Ti two to one.  So, that’s where we begin.  Our ships will join together to destroy Xaqana-Ti’s forces in space one at a time.”
    Narliq-Li nearly pointed out that destroying all of Xaqana-Ti’s ships would not give them any more of an advantage on the ground than they currently had, but kept silent.  Knowing she would soon die changed her perspective.  She would destroy as many of Xaqana-Ti’s ships as she could, and take pleasure in the act. 
     “Where shall our ships meet, Elder Sister?”
     
     

 
     
     
    Chapter Five
     
    “How are you feeling, Saige?” Lariah asked after greeting her best friend with a hug the next morning.  Saige was just shy of six weeks from her due date, and since she wasn’t a big woman to begin with, she looked even closer than she was.
    “Like you don’t know,” Saige said with a tired smile.  “I’m usually exhausted, always hungry, and my feet have become complete strangers.  All indications that things are progressing normally.”
    Lariah smiled sympathetically.  “It won’t be long now,” she said.  “In fact, that’s one reason why I’m here.”
    Saige raised her feet to the ottoman in front of her patio chair and sighed with pleasure.  “Let me guess,” she said.  “My guys went to your guys to get the assault on Xantara postponed.”
    “Of course they did,” Lariah agreed, unsurprised by Saige’s guess. 
    “Now your guys want to know if I feel that’s necessary,” she added.
    “They won’t do anything that will endanger you or your sons,” Lariah said.  “You know that.  At the same time, we’re all concerned that the longer we try to keep this plan secret, the more likely it’ll be discovered by the Xanti.  You’re the only one who knows how you feel.  They will trust your judgment in this.”
    “I appreciate that,” Saige said with a sigh.  “This isn’t an easy decision, Lari.”
    “Yes, I know,” Lariah replied.  “The Lobos are duty bound to accompany the Dracons as Prime Protectors, but they cannot wield their full power without you.  Aside from that, there’s the fact that you are one of the Three, and therefore, according to Riata, you have to be there, as do both Summer and I.  If we postpone until you give birth, the problem gets worse.”
    “Yes, it does,” Saige agreed.  “Every day that passes it becomes more likely that the Xanti will learn of our plans, and I’ll either have to leave my newborn sons here, alone, or take them into battle.  If we wait until they’re old enough to be without me, then Aisling will be nearly as far along as I am and we’ll have the same issue again.”
    “Not quite the same,” Lariah objected.  “The Gryphons could remain behind, though I know they don’t want to.”
    “I don’t understand something,” Saige said. “From the story Faron and the guys told me, the first Jasani to arrive on this world were able to do big magic without their women present for quite some time.  Why can’t our guys do the same?”
    “I asked that same question,” Lariah said.  “Garen thinks it’s because their home world had either more magic, or a different type of magic that allowed them to absorb more within themselves than they can here, on Jasan.”
    “As that’s the world they evolved on, that makes sense,” Saige said.  “Speaking of evolution, have you heard about Hope’s daughters?”
    “Yes,” Lariah said solemnly.  “Hope told me when I went to visit the boys yesterday afternoon.”
    “How is she handling it?”
    “She’s nervous about it,” Lariah said.  “It’s not that she has a problem with it exactly, but no one