“And what about you?” I asked, running my hands through my hair, made flat and sweaty by the helmet and the heat. “You said you’re married to a human as well?” For the first time since I’d met him, Warden Tenn smiled. His face went from imposing and authoritative to so sincerely and openly warm that, for a moment, I didn’t even recognize him. “Are you asking if, now that I am married, I am happy?” “Well, yes. I guess so.” His grin widened. His orange eyes crackled with sudden, surprising whiteness. “There has never been any man happier than me.”

