The answer to why the house protected her, it was so obvious after what he’d heard from Brask about Dassenze and his suspicions about Earth women. Willow might not be a succubus, but she was doing something to the house, or to where it was. Same as Bambi cross Brittany could heal, she could protect. That had to be worth something to the Ascend? There, if he wanted to take the chance, was his way to get Ally cared for. If. All he had to do was to somehow get his rights to Willow reaffirmed. Convince Dassenze, the god assigned to Earth. Then take that last step. But would Nasskia forgive him if she knew? Could he throw aside that vow when it meant so much? Willow meant so much to him. That dilemma had occupied him all the way. Now that he was here, though… This was ridiculous. Stom clutched at the bulkhead frame, then at his stomach as he lurched into sick bay. He never got ill. Not in a hundred warp ship flights. “Take a seat there, sir.” A medic pointed then hurried into the adjoining room.
