Chapter Thirty-Nine

“I wanted to wait until we got the planet back so that I could take you on a nice honeymoon,” Felix admitted as he gave his new bride a light kiss on the lips. 

“I’m glad that you didn’t,” she said as he protectively guided her through the crowd to the head table of the reception area that had been set up in the courtyard to accommodate all of the residents.

The ceremony was kept short and, unlike his reception after his marriage to Ari, there was no alcohol served.  Even so, spirits were high and laughter abounded.

Several of the recovered were adept musicians who managed to fashion an instrument out of various scraps found in the woods and around the compound.  The music that they produced was not only amazingly good, but it aided in bringing the mood to its highest point.

The hours passed so quickly that the jovial partiers were amazed to see the sun peeking over the horizon.  It was when they for