Rohan could not hear the words they exchanged, but as she huddled into the curve of his arm his protective tenderness was eloquent.
A few more campaigns like the one now under way there and we will not have enough males from the conquest fleet left to give us an armed force of the size and strength we require on this world.
But he was blind, poor fool. They had nearly reached it when they heard a harsh voice from somewhere ahead.
Gloom veiled his eyes, but his voice was iron.