If fighting for a cause can get you killed, its best not to flirt with your executioner.

A SiFi exploration of a warrior culture, no not Klingons!

More akin to Spartans and Samurai. Odd thing about those cultures is the power the women had while the men were away fighting. What if the widows had inherited the wealth and power of the kingdom? This sifi novelette is a romance between an aromantic couple.