Hunting Cari (First Wave Book 1) by Mikayla Lane

Author:Mikayla Lane [Lane, Mikayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-03-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Cari couldn’t keep the smile from her face as Uncle Randor escorted her to the dining center for dinner. Amun had finally given in and told Cari that it was possible to have children. Something she had always wanted but was never sure was possible.

“Cari, after dinner we need to talk,” Randor told her in a solemn tone. She knew that tone, and it was never good.

“What about?” Even as she asked she knew he wouldn’t tell her, but she tried anyway.

“We’ll discuss it later, honey. For now let’s have a nice dinner together,” Randor said.

Which meant what exactly? Cari thought. That if he talks to me before dinner, it will ruin my appetite?

She hated it when he did this to her.

They passed through the dining center towards Gracus, who sat alone at a table as Cari smiled brightly at the greetings of the men that they passed, and there was Scaden striding towards her with the ever-present scowl on his face. That didn’t detract from his gorgeous looks. She could feel her body responding to him already, and he hadn’t even reached her table yet. This irritated her even more, and she strengthened her resolve to spend more time with some of the other crew members.

“Cari, Gracus, Randor,” Scaden said by way of a greeting before sitting himself down across from Cari at their table.

Gracus smiled at his friend.

“Scaden, I’m glad you can join us. I heard that the cooks were able to acquire some traditional foods from Earth for all of us to try tonight. They got some of Cari’s favorites as well,” Gracus said with a grin at Cari.

“I didn’t know you guys were getting some of our food! That’s awesome!” Cari exclaimed with delight, causing some of the other crew members to smile at her. Even though some of the Valendran food was very good, she found herself missing most of the staples of the diet she grew up with on Earth.

Scaden cleared his throat.

“It was obvious that not all of our food was to your liking, and Amun said it might be bad for your body to switch foods so drastically from what you were used to. So Randor, made a . . . grocery list that Balduen and Niklosi were able to gather for us.”

Scaden struggled to think. He was so attuned to her body, he could even smell her excitement, but after his conversation with Randor he was beginning to wonder who her body was responding to.

The desire to take her and claim her was becoming even stronger. Even after hours in the training room he was still wound up so tight it wouldn’t take much to make him snap, and that bothered the rational part of him.

Glancing at Randor for a moment to judge his reaction, Scaden decided to take a chance.

“Cari, since you weren’t able to hear the rest of the discussion with the council, I was wondering if we could have a private word after dinner, so I could inform you of their decisions regarding you and Jess,” he said.

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