Dissonance by Jennsen G. S

Author:Jennsen, G. S. [Jennsen, G. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: scifi romance, Science Fiction - Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, space travel, sci-fi space opera, Science Fiction - General, Science Fiction - Space Opera, Science Fiction And Fantasy, SciFi-Futuristic Romance, space adventure, Scif-fi, sci fi, Adventure, Romance, Space Fleet, Science Fiction Romance, space fleets, sci-fi romance, Space colonization, SciFi, Space Exploration, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Spaceships, sci-fi, Science Fiction, Space Warfare, Space Ships, Science Fiction - High Tech, Space Opera, Science-Fiction, science fiction series
ISBN: 9780997392104
Goodreads: 51050385
Publisher: Hypernova Publishing
Published: 2016-04-02T07:00:00+00:00

Caleb was running out of ways to stall Jaisc on dinner when Alex emerged from Beshai’s home. He caught her attention as it roved across the village and motioned her over.

He was intensely curious about what the Caomh had discussed with her; when she reached him, however, they were instantly surrounded by not solely Jaisc but half a dozen other residents.

They were then herded off to dinner in a spacious dining room and provided multiple courses of berries, sprouts and beans served in bronzed bowls crafted from the same metal as Beshai’s mugs. Meat was a delicacy for the Taenarin, small rodents and worms its only source, and they presented it in bite-sized chunks on kabobs. Prime rib, it was not.

Dessert surprised him by being a savory mousse, but he was glad when the meal ended. They were shown to an empty room at the far right end of the semicircle of buildings.

Alex collapsed on the quilted bedmat with a groan. “These Taenarin are so high-maintenance. Between the touching and the glowing and the chattering, the formalities and the fretting…. I’m exhausted, and not from the grueling all-day hike.”

He tugged his jacket off and settled beside her. The air was cool up here, so far from the springs and so close to the ice, but the rooms were warmed by hearths.

“I admit, they are a little on the fussy side. And since they share their feelings so visibly, privacy isn’t high on their priority list.”

Belatedly noticing it was actually warm in the small room, she wiggled out of her pullover and he tossed it in the corner on top of her pack.

“So I know we need to discuss Ahearne’s memory, but what did Beshai want to talk to you about?”

“Turns out she could tell quite a bit more about us through touch than we realized. She said…” he noticed the tiniest flicker in her expression “…she could sense Valkyrie’s absence in my mind. She didn’t understand what she sensed and was interested. More importantly, though, she noticed another oddity as well. She said I have a microscopic entity living inside my body, one different from our natural bacteria and bearing some form of consciousness. I think she meant a remnant of Akeso.”

He sank down on his back, the better for her not to be able to see the shadow crossing his face. “From when it healed your arm—it makes sense some cells would have been left behind.”

“I can’t perceive it. If there’s any awareness in those cells, it doesn’t…talk to me.”

He exhaled deliberately, trying to push away the unwelcome emotions surging in his mind. He didn’t want to feel them toward her. If she carried a piece of Akeso inside her, it was a gift—a wonderful reward that came with the gift of her life.

She propped up on a forearm and leaned over him. “Something you wanted to say?”

He must not have been hiding his inner conflict as well as he thought. His gaze swept across and past her stare to a point behind her shoulder.

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