Talissa and Ken have physical differences: she is a woman with dark brown skin, he a man of a pale golden color. But they have one important thing in common—they have both been left behind with the rest of those deemed unfit for EDEN, the starship designed for the elite after a global catastrophe. One day, after having had enough of the injustice, they are both thrown into the same cell and in the darkness. As they draw strength and comfort from each other, they experience what desire means for the first time.

WARNING: This 4,146-word (about 21 pages) short story is a steamy read that features explicit scenes of an interracial sexual nature and may be too much for some readers to handle!