Cosmic Sex by Karen Kelley

Author:Karen Kelley [Kelley, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Paranormal, Romance, Love Stories, Police, Human-Alien Encounters
ISBN: 9780758217677
Google: MVyEfJ433dUC
Publisher: Brava
Published: 2008-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Nick stopped mid-sentence. One second he’d been talking to his partner and the next... poof! No more Sam. His gaze swung to every corner of the room. Still no Sam.

Nah, she didn’t just... just... Nick opened his mouth, then snapped it closed. His stomach knotted. This wasn’t good. Not good at all. He turned and stared at Kia.

Oh, Lord, she had her phazer in her hand, looking calm as could be as if she hadn’t just eliminated his best friend. He swallowed past the lump in his throat. Ah, man, he was going to be sick. No, he couldn’t be sick. He had to find Sam.

Then he could puke his guts out.

“Where’s... uh... Sam?”

Her eyebrows drew together. “I don’t know the exact location.”

She didn’t know? He drew in a deep, shuddering breath. This was great. What if Sam got stuck... wherever the hell he was?

“Don’t worry, he’ll return.”

“Are you sure?”

“Pretty sure.”

“But not positive.”

“Who can really say for certain what will happen from one minute to the next?”

And if he didn’t return—then what? How would he explain Sam’s disappearance? “Hey, Captain, you might want to find me another partner. It seems this girl I picked up the other night in a biker bar—yeah, that would be the same one who screwed up the bust. See, it’s like this, she’s really an alien from the planet Nerak, and she zapped Sam with her phazer and now he’s pffft.”

Nick didn’t even want to think about how he’d explain everything to Sam’s mom and dad or his older brother...

Ah, crap, Sam’s older brother was going to beat the living hell out of him. The guy was six-five and all muscle. He’d thumped a guy once and sent him staggering across the room. One little thump, that’s all it took.

Yeah, he was dead meat.

“Nick, are you feeling okay? You’re sweating.” Kia’s forehead was puckered with worry.

“Am I feeling okay? No, I’m not. You zapped my best friend. His brother is going to pulverize me, and my parents are going to be out the expense of my funeral because I didn’t plan ahead.”

Her face lost some of its color.

Damn, he didn’t mean to scare her or anything, but he wanted to get the point across that she couldn’t go around zapping people—especially people he liked. Now what the hell was he supposed to do?

He scraped his fingers through his hair and tried to stay calm. He didn’t like seeing Kia this upset. It wasn’t as if she knew any better. Maybe he’d laid into her a little hard. Not good.

He moved from the sofa and went to her, taking her into his arms. “Hey, it’ll be okay.”

She shook her head, not saying a word. He hadn’t thought he could feel any worse. Wrong!

“Let’s sit down.” He led her to the sofa, nudging her down onto the cushions. “I’m sure Sam’s brother won’t beat me up too badly... ”

She looked up at him with unshed tears shimmering in her eyes. “You know your parents?”

He frowned. That’s

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