3013: OUTLAW (3013: The Series Book 14) by Kali Argent

Author:Kali Argent [Argent, Kali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PECCAVI PRESS
Published: 2016-11-14T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

As it turned out, getting close to Slade was harder than she had anticipated. For almost a week, he’d dodged her at every turn, cordoned himself off in his office, or skulked around his quarters. Every time she managed to get him alone, he’d invent any excuse to get away.

Isla sighed as she stepped off the Storm Rider and into the cavernous docking bay on Alpha Station: X4, her hand linked with Cord’s. She looked forward to meeting the brothers’ adopted family, and Cord was beside himself with excitement, but she still worried about Slade.

He’d continued to block his emotions, effectively shutting her out in every way. Isla, on the other hand, kept herself open, even trying to push her own feelings at the male, trying to break through the wall he’d built around himself. Nothing seemed to work.

“There’s someone Knox and I are supposed to meet,” Bastian said as he joined her in the docking bay. He kissed the top of her head and caressed Cord’s hair. “We’ll meet you guys at Fortuna.”

Isla knew the plan, but her stomach still fluttered. “We’ll be okay.” She looked up at Knox when he came to stand on her other side. “Take your time.”

Slade grunted from his place a few feet in front of them. “I still don’t know why this meeting takes both of you. Who the hell are you meeting anyway?”

Knox and Bastian just smirked before walking away without a word. It had been their idea to “disappear,” giving her some time alone with Slade in a situation where he couldn’t run. In theory, it sounded great. In practice, however, Isla had her doubts. Still, at this point, she was willing to try anything.

Quietly, she and Cord followed Slade across the docking bay and through a set of double, sliding doors into a busy corridor. Once Slade had logged his credentials with the security officer, they continued down the corridor to another set of sliding doors that opened onto a lift.

The silence was awkward, and the way he wouldn’t even look at her was worse, but Isla kept a pleasant smile on her face and talked to Cord about all of the things he would see on the space station. When the lift doors opened into the main shopping area, however, Slade practically had to shove her out of the elevator.

Stars above, she’d never seen so many people in one place. X4 had been fashioned as a kind of overall sanctuary after the Alien Wars. For their aid in defeating the bug-like creatures, the Alliance had offered the Krytos asylum on the newly built station since their own home world had been destroyed by the Zyphir.

While the majority of the full-time inhabitants of X4 were indeed Krytos, Isla also spotted Helios, D’Aire, and, of course, several elites. Every time she passed an officer, she ducked her head, making sure he hair shielded her face from view, but Slade was always right there, standing protectively over her. Even if an elite did recognize her, she felt sorry for anyone who decided to tangle with the surly male.

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