Heart of a Commander [Daughters of Lyra Series] by Felicity Heaton

Author:Felicity Heaton [Heaton, Felicity]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-08-12T14:48:40.924000+00:00

Chapter 7

Amerii shifted on the seat of the small shuttle as it

descended into the atmosphere of Varka Two. She looked

herself over for the millionth time, wondering what her

captain was going to make of her outfit. Van had insisted that

she change into a black armoured suit. It was tight to her

skin, the thick material lined with some kind of liquid metal

that responded to impacts. She had discovered that when she

had been prodding it whilst walking and had bumped into

Van, forcing her finger into the chest area of the suit. It had

instantly hardened and then became soft again. Varkan

technology certainly was incredible.

Her gaze roamed to Van where he sat close beside her, a

huge black heavy artillery laser rifle cradled in his lap. He

wore a suit similar to hers. It mimicked his muscles perfectly,

giving her every reason to remember how good he had looked

naked. She wet her lips.

"We will arrive shortly. It will be day in the area where the

old base station is situated," Van said and she noticed that he

seemed uneasy about that.

Varkans didn't like the daylight. The other Varkan soldiers

in the transport shuttle with her and Van were already

wearing their black visors in preparation.

Van's sat on the seat beside him.

"The area is shielded as per Varkan regulations but the

facility is old. We must be on our guard."

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Heart of a Commander [Daughters of Lyra Series]

by Felicity Heaton

Amerii nodded, knowing exactly how to read between the

lines of what he had said to the meaning beneath. It wasn't

just information or a warning. It wasn't just that she would

see firsthand Varka's method of filtering the light to protect

their sensitive eyes, or the fact that Wraiths used to inhabit

the planet and could return at any moment to attack them

there.

It was that he was worried about her and that he would do

all he could to protect her.

He placed his hand over hers where it rested on her knee

and closed his fingers around it, holding it. None of the other

Varkans seemed to notice or they were doing an admirable

job of pretending they hadn't seen this sign of affection from

their commander towards a Lyran. Van squeezed her hand

and she looked back at him.

She was surprised when he leaned towards her and

whispered something in her ear that she didn't understand. It

wasn't Varkan. It was another language. Perhaps the old

Varkan language but no words that she was familiar with.

He kissed the spot on the neck of her armoured suit that

was directly over the marks on her neck. She smiled and

blushed, that blush turning to a blazing fire when she realised

that all of the soldiers opposite her were now facing her

direction. Van kissed her neck again, whispered something

else, and moved back into his seat.

She glanced at Van, glad that he was all right with what

had happened between them and that he seemed more

comfortable around her now. She placed her other hand over

his where it covered hers and held it.

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Heart of a Commander [Daughters of Lyra Series]

by Felicity Heaton

The pilot announced they had entered the facility docking

area and, a moment later, they touched down, the thrusters

of the small vessel deafening her as they fired to stop its

descent.

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