Dual Abduction by Eve Langlais

Author:Eve Langlais [Langlais, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781475031881
Amazon: 1475031882
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2012-03-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Brax regained consciousness and groaned. The straps holding him in his seat, bit into his flesh, and from the aches in his body, he’d wager the sturdy harness received a good workout during the crash landing. The ship that fired on them, taking them by surprise and disabling their shields in record time, had also damaged their thrusters. Maneuverability severely compromised, breaches in the hull making the whole vessel unstable, he did the only thing he could do. Aim for the nearest planet. However, even that proved risky given their disabled status. It was pure luck that kept them alive on that treacherous and bumpy landing, although the ship didn’t seem to have fared as well.

But at least we’re not dead. Small consolation when he still couldn’t understand how the enemy vessel snuck up on them. Given their lifestyle, which not everyone approved of, he and Xarn had their ship outfitted with the latest technology, including state of the galaxy detection systems. Even if the enemy vessel was cloaked, a prized ability that few owned due to the secretive nature behind it, they should never have been taken so off guard. Then again, he’d found himself kind of distracted at the time, so it was possible the warnings were present and he just didn’t notice them.

Which wouldn’t have happened if we’d paid attention to our flight instead of Louisa and her gaggle of children. But really, what male could have resisted being at her mercy, seeing the flush in her cheeks and the desire in her eyes.

Thoughts of her made him squirm and he craned to see her. He noticed her slumped in her seat, but appearing unharmed, or at least not bleeding from any visible wounds, and his tension eased partially. As for his best friend, Xarn grunted as he stirred. It would take more than a bumpy ride to hurt his brother of the sword.

Their situation not appearing urgent, Brax turned to peer at his console, wondering about the ship’s current status—bleak was his guess. Most of the lights, signifying active systems, were gone, the controls unresponsive. The dim illumination in the control area indicated they’d switched to backup power which meant while life support functions were active, the ship itself was dead. Since his last recollection saw them hurtling through a nearby planet’s atmosphere, he presumed they’d crashed to the surface instead of ending up in the planet’s orbit. What he couldn’t be sure of was if the location they found themselves would prove habitable.

At least he’d fired off an emergency signal before the impact, which meant so long as he kept the beacon near him, help would eventually find them — and ridicule Brax and Xarn for once again getting into trouble.

The concept did not amuse. For some reason, he didn’t want Louisa to think him incompetent. Her opinion of him mattered, which meant he needed to do something, before aid arrived, to raise his esteem in her eyes, something to counteract the certain jibes that his being caught unaware would entail.

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