Dark Fire by Cynthia Sax

Author:Cynthia Sax [Sax, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-11T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Once they were safely inside Kralj’s terrain, Dare stopped the ship. He opened the back of the hauler. Both of them helped a sweat-soaked, red-faced Vicuska climb out of the space.

The female now sat in the First Officer’s seat. Faylee curled up on Dare’s lap, happy to have that contact with her big male.

Because she was scared. The possibility of meeting his boss terrified her. The male could read minds. Even if she stopped herself from stealing from him, he’d know she wanted to take his things.

“I hope that Kralj being doesn’t have a sensitive nose.” Vicuska laughed.

They had tidied themselves as best as they could, using the cleaning cloth Faylee had brought with her. They couldn’t remove the stench. It clung to them.

“He’s a modified humanoid. They all have enhanced senses.” Dare dashed that hope.

“Shit.” The female uttered what Faylee was thinking.

She already had several strikes against her, being a thief and coming from the caves. The repugnant odor sticking to her garments and skin wouldn’t improve the Ruler’s first impression of her.

She wanted him to accept her. Dare reported to the male and admired him. She’d heard that in his voice. A rejection from Kralj would quicken the end of their relationship.

She didn’t want it to end, didn’t want to return to being on her own, unprotected, lonely. Seeing Dare with other females would destroy her.

They approached what had to be the settlement, her male’s temporary home. White stone walls stretched upward, into the clear blue sky. The hacked-apart remains of beings were impaled upon metal spikes, that gruesome display circling the Refuge.

What had they done? She looked at her warrior and lifted her eyebrows.

“They broke one of the Refuge’s few rules.” He explained the system to her.

That was what happened to rule breakers – they were brutally torn to pieces, their parts exhibited for everyone to gawk at.

She gulped air, feeling faint. “I’m going to end up on a spike.”

“There’s no rule against stealing.” Her Dracheon’s lips flattened. “But don’t take anything from Kralj or his mate.”

Or his mate. The list of beings she couldn’t target was expanding.

“Yeah, don’t irritate Kralj.” Vicuska nodded. “He can make beings explode with his mind.”

She could explode or be hacked apart—those were her possible fates. Faylee pressed her hands together to stop them from shaking.

She would say or do or think something wrong. That was a certainty. She had little experience with fancy arses, as Three-eyed Mak called them, other than stealing from them.

This wasn’t her world. She wouldn’t survive in it.

“I should stay outside the settlement.” There were beings lingering around the perimeter, living beings, not merely the sun-dried heads.

“You aren’t leaving my side.” Dare tightened his hold on her.

That wasn’t a good idea. She wiggled, her concerns about meeting his boss compounding. Her honorable male would be doomed by association.

Dare parked the ship. Between them and the Refuge’s open gates, the biggest warrior she’d ever seen stood beside a tall, leather-clad male.

The big warrior sported green skin, a bald head, and a daunting expression.

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