Heart of a Commander by Felicity Heaton

Author:Felicity Heaton [Heaton, Felicity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction
Publisher: Alinar Publishing
Published: 2011-02-27T00:00:00+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."

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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