Interstellar Mage by Glynn Stewart

Author:Glynn Stewart [Stewart, Glynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Faolan's Pen Publishing Inc.
Published: 2017-10-14T06:00:00+00:00

To Maria’s pleased surprise, it turned out that Iovis Acconcio, unlike many officers, actually knew how to cook. Red Falcon was large enough that the senior officers’ quarters each had their own kitchenette, and the heavyset man set to it with a will in preparing her supper on their second “date.”

“The ship is almost half-loaded,” he observed as he spiced the sauce for the pasta. “We’ll be out, what, day and a half?”

“Give or take an hour or so,” Maria replied, sitting in a chair she’d leaned against the kitchenette wall as she watched her new lover cook. “I am looking forward to getting out of UnArcana space.”

“Even if we’re working for Legatus?” Iovis asked. “Goes against the grain a bit, doesn’t it?”

She shrugged.

“We’re not Navy anymore,” she pointed out. “Legatus is just another employer, and it’s not like they’re asking us to do anything illegal. Deceptive, yes, but not illegal. There’s no legal requirement to file an accurate interstellar course plan; it’s just smart, as it enables search and rescue.”

“And unexpected intercepts,” he replied. “That’s why we were doing the short jumps, wasn’t it?”

“Yeah.” She shook her head. “Won’t need to do that this time, not with the course being off from our declared plot. It’s going to be an unpredictable-enough course, leaving towards Legatus and then bouncing to Svarog.”

Iovis nodded as he served up spaghetti onto two plates.

“The Captain seems to be dragging us into more politics than I was expecting,” he admitted softly. “I worry—especially about you; the Ship’s Mage is in the middle of everything!”

“And the man in charge of the guns isn’t?” Maria asked with a soft smile, touched by his concern. She sniffed at the pasta and her smile widened. “This smells amazing.”

“My mother’s secret recipe,” Iovis replied with a grin of his own. “Figure it’s a good start for buttering you up.”

“And just what do you think you’re buttering me up for, mister?” she purred at him.

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