Entwined Fates (The Infinite City Book 1) by Roberts Tiffany & Roberts Tiffany

Author:Roberts, Tiffany & Roberts, Tiffany [Roberts, Tiffany]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

A torrent of emotions swept through Kiara—surprise, disbelief, joy, desolation, abandonment, regret—as she stared into those familiar, faintly glowing white-blue eyes. Years of heartache flashed through her memory one at a time, each more impactful than the last.

And despite all that, she couldn’t stop the growing swell of happiness within her.

Volcair was a man now, his features chiseled and sharpened by the years. His shoulders were broad, and his tailored uniform suggested a lean, athletic body beneath. His slicked-back blue hair was disheveled, hanging to his shoulders with several rogue strands dangling over his left eye.

She trailed her gaze over the markings on his face; how many times had she stared up at the night sky, seeking to trace those same patterns in the stars?

But it was his eyes that kept drawing her attention. His eyes—harder, sadder, lonelier than she remembered—that called to her soul. She knew those eyes, even after so long. He had grown, and his body had changed, but the Volcair she’d known so well in her youth was still in his eyes.

“Volcair?” she asked breathlessly.

His lips parted, but it was a few seconds before he said, “Kiara.”

Tekel grunted. “And I’m Tekel; that’s Umae, Inara, Mason, and Peyton. Now that we’ve all been introduced, could you stop staring at each other and release us?”

Kiara blinked, shook her head, and looked at the Starlight’s crew. They were all on their knees, arms bound behind their backs, save Umae, who lay on the floor propped on her elbows; she’d used her body to catch Kiara.

Cypher leapt over the nearby corpse and charged toward Kiara. Blood glistened on his scales.

Despite the gruesome scene, she couldn’t suppress a grin. “You did it!”

He brushed against her side, tail twitching as he released excited clicks and whirs.

Volcair stepped over to Kiara and crouched, taking hold of her arms to help her onto her feet once Cypher moved aside. She found herself wishing she wasn’t wearing her jacket just to feel his hands on her skin. He assisted Umae afterward, and quickly set about removing their bindings while Cypher cut the ties around Tekel’s thick wrists.

Several sets of footsteps sounded in the corridor. Kiara tensed and instinctively dropped her hand to her hip, reaching for a blaster that wasn’t there. Tekel stepped in front of her and spread his arms. His claws extended from his splayed fingers.

“It’s okay,” Volcair said in English, settling his hand on Kiara’s shoulder with an odd hesitancy. “They’re friendly.”

A moment later, four armored soldiers carrying auto-blasters entered the cargo bay, each with the symbol for the Entris Dominion—letters in flowing, circular Volturian script—on their shoulders.

The foremost soldier turned to Volcair and bowed his head. “Ship is secure, Commander. We eliminated three more hostiles on the bridge.”

Volcair nodded, switching back to Volturian when he said, “Excellent work. Call in a clean-up crew, and put the medical bay on standby. I want these people checked by a medic and made as comfortable as possible.”

The soldier bowed a little deeper. “Yes, sir.”

Two of the soldiers stepped forward and freed Kiara’s remaining crewmates.

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