Titan, Book Three
Orion's Hounds
CHAPTER ONE
U.S.S. TITAN, STARDATE 57137.8
"No!!"
Deanna Troi bolted upright in bed. For a moment she felt adrift in the dark, in a void whose emptiness chilled her bare flesh. She wasn't sure where she was, or even who she was. She felt terrible fear, but did not know why.
But then she felt his arms embracing her, bringing her home. Will. Her imzadi. Her husband. Her captain. Her anchor. When he touched her, she was never lost.
She relaxed against him, and they stayed that way for a precious moment. Then he spoke softly. "The nightmare again?"
"I'm not sure," she said. "The same sense of...intrusion...yet different. Not as malevolent." Talking about the recurring nightmare brought unwelcome flashes of memory. It had been over three months since Shinzon of Remus and his viceroy Vkruk had raped her, using Vkruk's telepathy to place themselves in her mind while she made love with Will; yet although the nightmares came less frequently of late, her memory of the event remained as vivid as ever, and she kn ... read full excerpt from Titan, Book Three: Orion's Hounds ebook
