Chapter One
CALHOUN & SHELBY
A Little Getaway
Peter David
After the destruction of the Ambassador-class
U.S.S. Excalibur, Captain Calhoun was believed
killed. When he returned alive and well, he
asked Captain Shelby to marry him, which she
accepted after belting him. Before he took
command of the new Galaxy-class Excalibur, and
before Shelby took over the Trident, the two of
them went on their honeymoon. "A Little Getaway"
is the story of that happy occasion ...
"We're going to Xenex?"
Newlywed Elizabeth Shelby had been looking
forward to an increase in the quality and
frequency of communication with her longtime
love, sparring partner, rival, and commanding
officer, Mackenzie Calhoun. They were, after
all, husband and wife, married in a ceremony
officiated by Jean-Luc Picard that could be
called, at best, impromptu, on the bridge of
Calhoun's once and future command, the
Excalibur.
The truth was that every fragment of Shelby's
common sense had warned her that marrying
Calhoun was folly. But, hell, the man had
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