Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon [Kenyon, Sherrilyn]
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 9780312942311
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Published: 2009-11-14T09:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Once they reached his company’s headquarters, Shahara was amazed by its size. The space station spun around slowly in the center of the galaxy where the giant intergalactic freighters could access all the major routes.

The station had probably a dozen spikes that reached out into space to allow the freighters to dock and hook into air locks where passengers and supplies could be loaded and unloaded.

Smaller landing bays were built further in so that smaller ships could be set down on thruster pads and not interfere with their larger counterparts. It was truly top of the line and cutting edge.

“Precision Shipping.” Shahara read the logo off the side of the station. “Nice name.”

“Thanks. Our motto is ‘Be happy with our service or we’ll kill you.’ ”

She smirked at him and his sarcasm as Vik powered up and yawned.

As they neared one of the smaller bays, she admired the clean lines of the bay and the size of the crew in this one terminal alone. “This location must cost a pretty sola.”

“And worth every penny.”

She gave a low whistle. “How in the universe did you ever afford something like this?”

Syn brought the fighter in for a smooth landing. “After my ex-bitch took everything I had, I borrowed money from Nykyrian to buy a used freighter. I started small, watched my bottom line and, after years of extremely hard work and sound investments, I’ve accumulated what you see.”

She narrowed her eyes at him suspiciously. “And how much of it did you get from accessing the secured data of your competitors?”

He met her gaze evenly. “I only hit them when they come at me first.”

She looked at him doubtfully.

“Honest,” he said, holding up his hand in a Ritadarion symbol of honor. “I’ll gladly admit every crime of which I’m guilty. But I’m not about to admit to something I didn’t do.” His gaze burned into hers. “I’ve lost a lot of business to their filches. Every time I think I have a system hack proof, up comes some little snot with my codes. When I find them, I make them pay for it.”

He set the fighter’s locks and pulled the gear for the cockpit to open. “And I usually send a little bonus bug their way just for shits and giggles while I repair the damage they did to me.”

She couldn’t help but smile. He just looked too adorable. “If you say so, then I’ll believe you.”

Syn climbed out of the fighter while Vik transformed back into a bird. He paused to look back up at her. “You coming or am I too corrupt for you?”

Instead of following his lead, she jumped over the side.

Syn grimaced. “You’ll ruin your joints doing that.”

“Don’t be an old man.” But her head did not appreciate it in the least. In fact, it was all she could do not to whimper from the new pain splitting her skull.

I should have killed them . . .

You shouldn’t have jumped down like that, you idiot.

He gave her a knowing grin.

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