Firehawk: Rystar and the LASSOs Book One by Jack Archer

Author:Jack Archer [Archer, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tarina Anthologies
Published: 2021-05-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Rystar Umara: Cliamond, Chantakor, Lalande System

Rystar didn’t get hangovers anymore. What she did get that morning, however, was a massive urge to crawl under the covers of Shea’s bed and give him something nice to wake up to. She sat on the edge of her bed, waking up, letting her eyes trail over his bare chest as he slept soundly.

With a shake of her head, she got up and headed to the shower, washing up as best as she could with hotel soap before stepping out to towel off. Back in the bedroom, she rooted around in her bag for some clean clothes while she dripped on the carpet, holding the towel up as best as she could.

“Good morning.”

Rystar turned to see Shea propped up on the pillow, staring at her with dark eyes. Now that just wasn’t any kind of fair. His lip ring glinted in the low light, and she wanted to bite it, but with her sudden onset of sobriety, she stood up straight, clothes in her arms.

“About last night, Shea,” she began, heading to the bathroom before his looks could seduce her anymore, “I shouldn’t have come onto you like that. I’m sorry.”

She stepped into her pants and pulled her shirt on, running a comb through her hair and making sure she looked alright in the mirror before letting out a sigh at his silence. Rystar exited the bathroom and leaned against the wall to look at him with sad eyes.

He was sitting on the edge of the bed, still shirtless and looking at her with a small smile. “It takes two, you know.”

“But I’m in a position of power, I’m older, wiser, yadda yadda,” she explained as best as she could, looking down at the ground near the end of her speech. “I shouldn’t have made you drink so much, and I shouldn’t have come onto you. I’m sorry for that.”

Shea stood up and made his way towards her, painfully slowly, until they were a foot apart, and she had to look up at him. Shea lifted a hand and pushed the hair from her face to tuck it behind her ear. “I’m not sorry. I had a good time last night. A better night than I’ve had in a long time. You make these distant, alien worlds seem bearable.”

Rystar let a smile creep onto her face, and she looked down to chuckle. “You’re too kind. And you need to get out more.”

She stepped around him to her bedside table to grab her comms tablet and began to swipe through her onslaught of emails. Apparently, the day on Earth had come and gone before she could get into the shower on Chantakor. The spray of water came from the shower, and Rystar sat down, opening an email from her boss. “Jorge is bugging us again, wants to know what our next move is.”

Shea called from the shower. “What is our next move? You really want to go to the TAHQ?”

“I don’t see another choice, do you?” Rystar asked.

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