Gateways #6
Chapter 1: Aeron
The Zarn finally decided that if he did not get the matter settled, he was never going to be able to get any sleep.
It was not a decision that came lightly to him. The Zarn was a proud individual, and disliked intensely having to admit to any shortcomings or weaknesses. Certainly not being able to slumber was one such. Furthermore, he was going to have to seek aid from the Zarna, who had the temerity to lie peacefully next to him, snoring away contentedly. She had denied any number of times that she snored, and he had insisted with equal vigor that he, and not she, would be in a superior position to make such a determination. Such was the female's intransigence, however, that she refused to accept his word -- his word -- of this particular shortcoming of hers. Yet there she stubbornly lay, snoring blithely away. He wished, no ... read full excerpt from Star Trek New Frontier: Cold Wars ebook
