A Shift in the Sky_In the Stars Romance by Suki Selborne

Author:Suki Selborne [Selborne, Suki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Matrioshka Books
Published: 2018-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

10 Jalton

"Now what?" Corby says to me.

"I was about to ask the same question of you."

Stuffing the now useless lump of steel into my belt, I make a mental note to carry a gun wherever I go from now on. A working gun. As it turns out, these things are useful. That's something you don't notice when you have servants doing everything for you, from morning to night.

Then again, it’s only today that one of my family members decided to kill me and my travel companion. That doesn’t happen to a guy every day.

Uncle Mirodag is not going to get away with this.

And he’s not going to kill Corby Frayne either. Nobody is. My lion will rip everyone in the galaxy apart before it allows that to happen.

Corby edges an effective jab into the eye of one of the Skoogmelians, while I kick the legs out from under another and boot him across the dusty ground.

"We need to get back to the ship," I say. "Look, I'll distract them. You run for the stairway, get on board, and I'll see you there just as soon as I can get away."

"Not a chance. I'm not leaving a soft-skinned prince alone with these fuck-knuckles. You'll be torn limb from limb. And then the limbs will be mailed to your daddy, for money. You said yourself that’s what would happen. Right? They know who you are. And it’s even worse now we know your uncle’s involved.”

I don't answer, as I’m busy shoving one row of Skoogmelians into another. It causes a brief domino effect as a crowd of them topples all together to the ground.

"Here's what we'll do, then,” she says, chopping one of them in the throat with the edge of her open palm. "You run for the ship and I'll distract them."

"Not in a million years. I am not leaving you alone with these aliens either." I punch one square in the nose.

"Oh, come on." She breaks off to spin around and kick her leg out to waist height, throwing another Skoogmelian off balance. There are still more heading our way all the time. Where the hell are they all coming from? "You know how to fly that super fancy ship. I know how to create a distraction. Let's play to our strengths, huh?"

I sigh irritably. “This is not at all proper. I cannot leave you alone with these monsters.”

“Bullshit. It’s only for a moment.”

Weighing up the possibilities takes seconds. Corby does make a good point. She's probably better at doing something wild to command their attention, and I'm probably better at flying the ship. Only because I've had some practice with advanced vehicles, and she's used to flying some medieval tin can. Otherwise, I'm sure she'd whip my ass at flying too. But I cannot risk her life by waiting for her to make her own escape. I must modify the plan accordingly.

I won't wait for her on the ship. I'll fly back over here and drop down a rescue capsule for her.

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