Enemies Abound (The Intergalactic Union Book 4) by Natasha` Campbell-Jones

Author:Natasha` Campbell-Jones [Campbell-Jones, Natasha`]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-04-27T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Artemis

Bromm and Cadmus were still sleeping when I got up the next morning, my brain already alert before I had even opened my eyes. They looked so peaceful in their sleep that I couldn’t help but admire them for a while, enjoying the curve of their lips, the way in which their lashes fanned out over their cheekbones, and even how their skin colours complemented each other, pale blue against pastel purple, like they were always meant to make such a beautiful visage in my bed.

The moment was compounded with even more love when Dave Junior responded to my rustling with a yawn and trotted over to sleepily rub his head against my foot. I delicately extricated myself from the tangle of limbs (and tentacles, since Bromm’s had a habit of seeking me out in in sleep), so I could reach my growing boy for a morning cuddle. He had been hesitant at first, throwing a strop whenever someone tried to climb into bed with me when he wasn’t allowed, but he had come around eventually. I had decided early on that allowing co-sleeping habits would only be detrimental in the future when he grew too large to join me in the bed, and despite the few jealousy hiccups, he was learning and behaving himself.

I was a proud Kikshrut mama.

Pulling on my jumpsuit and boots took hardly any time at all with Junior standing back to allow me to finish the tasks, but he eagerly bounced around me when I was ready to leave. With one last glance back at my sleeping lovers, I couldn’t help but grin when I found they had scooted closer to each other and had entwined themselves together beneath the sheets. A large part of me wanted to stay for the show when they woke up and realised they weren’t cuddling me, but Junior was insistent and pushed me out the door when his patience ran out.

‘Somebody’s hungry,’ I commented as he led the way to the kitchen.

It was empty since most of the crew would have been asleep still, so I took Junior through to the kitchen to make us a quick breakfast. There wasn’t much available and since I wasn’t picky about my food I typically just grabbed a Nutri-Bar for nourishment, but there was something about the quiet of the morning and the tentative peace we had found that called for something a little more interesting today.

I whipped up some eggs, cooked a decently sized pile of meat mostly for Junior, though I did take some for myself, and even splurged with some sort of nutty spread on toast. It wasn’t much, but I figured we deserved a little treat. There was more than enough food available for the crew and then some, though we were still rationing to ensure we had enough in case of an emergency. And we were fully expecting one at some point. Hopefully, we could make it to Gerinium before then and set up a base for our little rebel group.

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