He sighed deeply as she meets his hesitant attempt to kiss her, the feather soft touch of her lips upon his sending pure electricity down his spine. Soft, pliable, and so sweet. Just as he had imagined them. But she moved away before he could truly enjoy her kiss, then she gently pushed him back down on the bed. Her maternal side was showing again, as she fussed over him. He did not resist, only partly, because he did not want to.<br/><br/>He smiled inwardly, thinking how his wounds are likely partially healed by now. The blood loss, however, was a more serious matter. If the Doc was coming along with Jade, then he was pretty much in the clear.. as long as Jade still had one or two Quartona or Drakken crew aboard. Still, this left the matter of Jade herself coming to see him. '<strong>That's not going to be pretty, at least at first..</strong>' he thought. It had been some time since they had seen each other, and pleasant as that meeting was, the pain still lingered, preventing him from fully accepting his situation. Sure, the elders may say that he had married them both, but that still did not sit well with him. And then Bella had to go and get herself killed. Jade would never say as much, or even think it, but he knew it. She had blamed him. Why he was not there to protect her? Why did he let her do something so dangerous? He had no real answer to those questions, and Jade's silent  had pretty much destroyed him..<br/><br/>He was completely unaware that, while he reminisced on all this, someone had been witness to his painful memories..