Later that night, they lay bundled up together in the tent's small bed. She ran her fingers lightly through the hair of his chest and down to the navel. "What made you want me to practice at this hour of the night?"
"I want you to practice as much as you can, Lizzy. I don't know what is going to happen in the near future but I want my wife to be prepared for the worst." A shudder passed through his body when he recalled what the soldier mentioned about hatred amongst Ixoviyans for Elize. "Now that you are a Lorean, you need to know how to survive in this world."
"Tell me about you, Caleb. I want to know more, such as how did you meet Pia and what was it that you liked or disliked about her?"