AA- 03 Dual Abduction by Eve Langlais

Author:Eve Langlais
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2012-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Brax regained consciousness and groaned. The straps

holding him in his seat, bit into his flesh, and from the aches

in his body, he’d wager the sturdy harness received a good

workout during the crash landing. The ship that fired on

them, taking them by surprise and disabling their shields in

record time, had also damaged their thrusters.

Maneuverability severely compromised, breaches in the

hul making the whole vessel unstable, he did the only thing

he could do. Aim for the nearest planet. However, even that

proved risky given their disabled status. It was pure luck

that kept them alive on that treacherous and bumpy landing,

although the ship didn’t seem to have fared as wel .

But at least we’re not dead. Smal consolation when he stil

couldn’t understand how the enemy vessel snuck up on

them. Given their lifestyle, which not everyone approved of,

he and Xarn had their ship outfitted with the latest

technology, including state of the galaxy detection systems.

Even if the enemy vessel was cloaked, a prized ability that

few owned due to the secretive nature behind it, they should

never have been taken so off guard. Then again, he’d found

himself kind of distracted at the time, so it was possible the

warnings were present and he just didn’t notice them.

Which wouldn’t have happened if we’d paid attention to our

flight instead of Louisa and her gaggle of children. But

real y, what male could have resisted being at her mercy,

seeing the flush in her cheeks and the desire in her eyes.

Thoughts of her made him squirm and he craned to see

her. He noticed her slumped in her seat, but appearing

unharmed, or at least not bleeding from any visible wounds,

and his tension eased partial y. As for his best friend, Xarn

grunted as he stirred. It would take more than a bumpy ride

to hurt his brother of the sword.

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Dual Abduction – Eve Langlais

Their situation not appearing urgent, Brax turned to peer at

his console, wondering about the ship’s current status—

bleak was his guess. Most of the lights, signifying active

systems, were gone, the controls unresponsive. The dim

il umination in the control area indicated they’d switched to

backup power which meant while life support functions

were active, the ship itself was dead. Since his last

recol ection saw them hurtling through a nearby planet’s

atmosphere, he presumed they’d crashed to the surface

instead of ending up in the planet’s orbit. What he couldn’t

be sure of was if the location they found themselves would

prove habitable.

At least he’d fired off an emergency signal before the

impact, which meant so long as he kept the beacon near

him, help would eventual y find them — and ridicule Brax

and Xarn for once again getting into trouble.

The concept did not amuse. For some reason, he didn’t

want Louisa to think him incompetent. Her opinion of him

mattered, which meant he needed to do something, before

aid arrived, to raise his esteem in her eyes, something to

counteract the certain jibes that his being caught unaware

would entail.

The clasp to his harness refused to release when pressed,

so he leaned under the console and withdrew a knife which

he used to saw through the thick fiber.

“Where are we?” groaned Xarn.

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