Insatiable: Phantom Corps, Book 1 by Lauren Dane

Author:Lauren Dane
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3
Tags: Man-Woman Relationships, Fantasy Fiction, Romantic Suspense Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Erotic Fiction, Adult, Erotica, General
ISBN: 9780425235263
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Published: 2010-07-05T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

After the chaos of getting settled in, the main part of the trip was fairly calm. They had dropped their things in their cabins and had disembarked in quick order. Since she‟d been tired and slightly miffed at him for his annoyance back in the clearing, she‟d been quieter than usual, and of course she wouldn‟t consent to staying in the room while he procured food for them. Not even if Andrei stayed with her. Damnable woman.

So they‟d hunted down the small cantina run for passengers and had managed to locate a table and some decent enough food.

He hid his grin as she tried to explain to Andrei why he should eat more than just huge hunks of meat. The people around them in the small cantina went about their business, but Daniel was smart enough to know some watched him, watched and wondered who they were.

More a hallmark of a grifter than anything serious. Yet. Criminals always looked for ways to make credits, so he was always careful to be unmemorable. Which was difficult just then, because no matter what her hair color was, no matter what she wore or pretended to be, she was outrageously beautiful and vibrant.

She was also smart, canny. She worked her way through the transport, smiling and nodding, taking in bits and pieces and relaying it all to him in her way. Which wasn‟t always direct, and sometimes it took him a few beats to understand her point. But he got it, and her eye was excellent.

Not that he‟d admit it out loud, but her quirkiness, the way she could be so hard and smart one moment and silly the next, pleased him. The one thing about her that was constant was her heart. She cared about people, and in that way, he was reminded a lot of his sisters, of his brother. They‟d like her, he realized, knowing he‟d have to introduce her to them because Abbie wouldn‟t have it any other way and because he wanted to share Carina with them, show them he was capable of something more than his job.

What that meant really he didn‟t know. But he knew he wanted her tomorrow and the day after. Knew he wanted to see what they might have once they got to Ravena, if they had anything at all.

Andrei broke out a deck of playing cards, and she actually clapped. “I haven‟t played games in a very long time. How fun.”

“Keep an eye on Ander; he‟s vicious.” Daniel sat back and sipped his ale, watching the two of them interact.

Andrei lit a cigarette, drawing in deep the fragrant smoke. Despite the circumstances being so tense, it was a good moment there at the table, a decent enough meal, drinking ale, watching his friends play cards. Lovely to see Carina smile, lovely to see her getting used to life with some freedom in it.

“When I was a child, my mother was bedridden a lot, so she played cards with us when she had good days.

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