"Are you comfortable enough?" It was not the roomiest ship Rhys had ever been in, but he had made sure that Dani got the best seat he could snag for her. He'd procured a wheelchair the day after he said he would, bringing it back to family quarters without so much as a word. He was going to miss his wife during the few days she was away.

"Are they going to be waiting to meet you?" That was the next thing, to speak to Anika before he left to return to Avalon. Polite but firm, that was the order of the day. He would not yell. If he could help it.

"I hope everything's going to be okay for you over here."