Into the Dark (Dark Universe Book 1) by Jason Halstead

Author:Jason Halstead [Halstead, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Novel Concept Publishing LLC
Published: 2015-01-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

“So this is kind of awkward,” Amber said. “But I’m a blunt woman.”

Aden stared into the blackness around him, wondering where Amber was at. He called up the communications system and saw she was still using the near field band but she’d set up a private encrypted channel between the two of them. “Um, okay.”

“Has Twyf approached you yet?”

Aden was glad she couldn’t see him. He swallowed and tried to answer in an even voice. “Twyf? Why?”

“She likes you.”

“Oh.” Aden hesitated, uncertain of what to say. “Is that, uh, is that bad?”

Amber laughed. “I suppose it depends. She came to me and asked if you and I were a couple.”

Oh shit! “And you said?”

“I said no,” she answered, without hesitating. “I just wanted you to know so you weren’t confused the next time she bats her eyes at you.”

He exhaled in relief. Disaster averted! Except— “What about that kiss when we got back on the Uma?”

He could almost hear her shrug in her response. “I told you, I’m spontaneous. I’m glad you made it. I’m glad I made it. I’m glad you helped. If we make it out of this and if that were me instead of Seph you were keeping alive, I’d fuck your brains out as a way of saying thank you.”

“Whoa!”

And I happen to know she’s got a lot of experience convincing her lovers that she’s the best thing that ever happened to them. You might prefer it was me.”

“Why?”

“Seph’s lovers? Either they end up heartbroken or dead. She twists them around her finger and gets everything she needs before she moves on.”

“Yikes,” he said. “I’ll, uh, I’ll settle for a nice thank-you note.”

Amber laughed again and then fell silent. Aden thought the conversation was over until she spoke again a few minutes later. “Be careful with Twyf.”

“Twyf? Why?”

“Something about the way she looks at you,” Amber said. Again he heard, but didn’t see, her shrug. “She’s teased and teased for years, but the only person she ever goes out of her way to spend any real time with is her sister. I’m not saying she’s a virgin or anything; I just think she sees something in you that she likes. Something big.”

“I’m not seeing a problem.”

“Of course you don’t—you’re a man.” Amber snorted. “What if she makes a play and you think it’s all that, just play? You walk around with your head in the clouds because you just fucked a Tassarian and she’s expecting a commitment that you’re not ready for. Not good.”

“You put a lot of thought into this,” Aden mumbled. He had too, but he didn’t want her to know that. He had too many other things going to get caught up in drama.

“Somebody needs to, or things get weird on the Uma. Twyf gets upset and does something stupid. Janna loses her sensor tech and turns on you. You end up getting kicked off the ship and have to take a job serving as a guard for a hydrogen mining operation.

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