(eng) Lindsay Buroker - Sky Full of Stars 03 by Stolen Legacy

Author:Stolen Legacy [Legacy, Stolen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“I’d prefer combat armor,” Masika grumbled, stuffing a foot into the boot of a spacesuit.

Alfie sniffed at the boot and growled suspiciously. It probably had a funky smell. The suits hadn’t been used in a while, and Jelena didn’t think their fastidious doctor had made her way to the spacesuit storage cabinet in the cargo hold yet.

Zhou was leaning against a bulkhead while he also worked on his boots. Already wearing the rest of a bulky suit, he’d strapped several containers of equipment around his torso, and he looked like he could tip over at any moment. No doubt, he would welcome the weak gravity outside.

“Combat armor?” Zhou asked. “There shouldn’t be anybody out there to fight.” He glanced at Thor, who’d brought his blazer pistol and telescoping sword to the cargo hold.

Thor was scraping a fingernail against the chest of his suit and didn’t notice the glance. “There’s dirt or silica or something stuck to this one.”

“That’s glitter.” Jelena flashed him a devilish smile.

“You glittered the spacesuits?”

“Just yours.” Jelena had already donned everything except her helmet, and she poked at the readout for the oxygen tank, making sure it was full, but she watched Thor out of the corner of her eye, grinning at his expression of distaste.

Masika thumped his chest with the back of her gloved hand. “It looks good on you.”

“I know you don’t believe that.”

No, Masika’s tastes ran more toward subdued and elegant. The rainbow of green, gold, and purple glitter wasn’t elegant.

“You’re right,” Masika said. “I was trying to head off sulking.”

“I don’t sulk.”

“No? What’s it called when you lock yourself in your cabin for days and don’t talk to anyone?”

“Contemplating.”

“Now you can contemplate glitter.”

Jelena pulled her helmet over her head. Alfie trotted over and tilted her head, considering the strange headwear. She seemed on the verge of barking at it, so Jelena distracted her by promising vat-grown ham cubes when she returned.

So far, Brody hadn’t made an appearance in the cargo hold or commed her, which she hoped meant he didn’t care what they were doing, but she figured it would be easiest to get out of the ship before he stumbled across them and decided to object.

“Testing,” Jelena said, grabbing her staff from where it leaned against the wall. “Can you all hear me?”

“Yes,” Masika, Zhou, and Thor said at the same time.

She switched channels. “Erick, you’ll be in charge of the ship while we’re gone. Can you hear me?”

A clang-thump drifted out the open hatch to engineering, followed by a grunt. “Yes, but I’d appreciate it if you didn’t pester me. I have a dozen problems demanding my attention, and you took all my tool-holding people.”

“I’ll only pester you if we need a heroic rescue.”

“Thor can’t handle the heroics?”

“I’m not sure. It’s possible he feels emasculated by my glitter.”

Thor glared at her.

Jelena smiled. That was what he got for hiding things from her.

I’ll tell you everything once we’re farther from the ship and I’m sure Brody won’t be surfing in your mind for information.

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