Big Bang_Intergalactic Dating Agency by Elsa Jade

Author:Elsa Jade [Jade, Elsa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction Romance
Amazon: B07K5L69LL
Publisher: Red Circle Ink
Published: 2018-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Vic watched Cosmo anxiously. Mach and Delta had been intrigued by her revelation, but only Cosmo had seen the marks, though he hadn’t recreated them in his nanite puppetry earlier.

She knew he had an aversion to the Theta. Which she could understand, considering the shroud dropped trouble vibes like a Christmas tree in July—dry, prickly, and dangerously volatile.

“Do you think I’m right about those tattoos?”

He turned away, and for a second, she though he was rejecting the notion. But he started opening crates, rifling through chunks of debris and more intact pieces with equal disregard.

“I don’t remember seeing any data gels,” he said. “But I haven’t gone through everything that Mach and Delta brought. You think you can make the marks yourself?”

“Maybe.” She didn’t want to give him too much hope when she still wasn’t sure. “And do you remember Tanner Cross had a black circle on the side of his face.”

“At his temple. Like a bruise.”

“Like a nanotech dataport.” She took a breath. “I think the Theta imprinted Cross.”

Cosmo snorted. “I would not want Cross as a keyholder.”

“No, I mean Troy forced Cross—an Earther—to imprint on him.”

Stiffening, Cosmo met her troubled gaze. “Is that possible?”

“I’ve watched you make your nanites all but dance,” she pointed out. “If those nanites were in someone else, could you make them dance?”

He paced away from her. “A shroud’s nanites are uniquely designed for us, and they can’t last long without us. They give us power, but they take it too. Dividing that with someone else…” Reaching for a shard of plasteel, he held it to the fresh scar on his hand. The sharp metallic edge glistened against his darker skin. “Shall we see what happens?”

She recoiled, her heart racing. “What?”

“Take my nanites and let’s dance.”

Her mind raced even faster than her pulse as she considered. “I can’t be a cyborg.” Unless she counted her phone, her tablet, her screens, her keyboards…

“You won’t have the implants, and the nanites aren’t made for you so they won’t last long.” He watched her with a glint of challenge in his wintery blue eyes.

And she couldn’t help it. She’d seen first hand that even the barn cats weren’t curious enough to let him touch them, but she… Really, what sort of software engineer was she if she wasn’t intrigued?

Her nerves tingled with anticipation and just a smidgen of fear. But that always made her reckless. “You don’t have to cut yourself to release the nanites.”

“I don’t, but that lets them out without wasting any of their energy.” He laid aside the makeshift knife. “There’s another way.”

He took one long stride toward her and stopped just short of her borrowed boots. Staring down at her, he unfurled his big hand alongside her face. His long fingers blocked the pale silver track lighting that glowed in the cave wall, like the yurk’s wing had blocked out the moonlight when she banked into a curve.

Vic’s heartbeat hammered in her ears, even fiercer than when she’d been flying on the yurk.

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