Boarded: Alien Romance by Annie Nicholas

Author:Annie Nicholas [Nicholas, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Adventure, Two Hours or More (65-100 Pages)
Amazon: B01A4UZPM8
Published: 2016-02-13T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Her worst nightmare was coming true. The Zair warship had caught them. All those weeks of therapy to help her deal with the trauma of Zairan—they disappeared in a flash. She felt herself slip back into survival mode as if she never left that cursed desert planet.

Nual grimaced as he lay on the bridge floor.

Only then did Sadie sense her fingernails digging into his hand. Ice-cold fear clutched her soul. If these Zair recognized who she was, they’d do worse things to her than eat her flesh. She struggled to not run around the room screaming. The cold emotionless mask she wore was on the verge of crumbling. She released his hand. Little half-moon indentations decorated his skin. With her thumb she tried to soothe them, but her hand shook too much.

The familiar feelings of being hunted sprung up, even though she thought them buried deep. Being prey never appealed to anyone. After running through the Zairan deserts for three months, trying to stay alive, she’d learned a few skills. Most of them un-Liaison like.

Nual touched the shaking hand she stared at, and she glanced to meet his stare. No fear touched his face. Solid and calm, things she strove for. He kept her from drowning in terror.

A ship full of people, and like a coward she worried for her own safety. She took a deep breath, sending Glitch a message to access its military files and present some escape options.

Nual’s lips parted as if to speak, but she silenced him with a touch to his sweet mouth. If he spoke the words she read in his eyes, she’d lose what little self-control she’d gained.

“Kaille, Cine,” Maol spoke into the intercom. “Gather the children and pack what supplies you can carry. Send Jep and Sudu to meet me in the family sitting hall.” He closed the link and looked to his wife. “Len, launch the distress buoy.” His shoulders slumped slightly. “Maybe it’ll reach the Central World fleet ship that was supposed to clean out this area.”

She should have insisted on taking the regular trade route, this system probably was swept empty, but the scum came back. It was her job to advise her charge toward the best decisions. Blinded by lust, she let Nual have his way without much argument.

She assisted the ambassador onto his feet and saw a small gash on the back of his head. It oozed navy blue blood. Glancing around the room, she had nothing to stem the flow. If this was his only injury he’d incur during this nightmare, he would be lucky.

They all hurried to the lift. Maol pressed the button for the crew level but Sadie pressed it for her own floor.

“Liaison, there’s no time to gather personal effects.” The captain crossed his arms over his chest and met her gaze as they sped downward.

“I want my weapons. If I go down, it will be fighting.”

“How did you smuggle weapons aboard my ship?” He stepped forward.

Sadie smirked. “Says the merchant who owns a rail gun.

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