Kaitlyn O'Connor by Total Recall

Author:Total Recall [Total Recall]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781603943536
Google: FKGrSgAACAAJ
Amazon: 1603943536
Goodreads: 7118298
Publisher: New Concepts Publishing
Published: 2009-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Shifting to hyper drive in sixty seconds.”

Chloe jolted awake at the sudden announcement over the com and rolled off the bunk, slamming into the cold, metal plate of the deck hard enough it rattled her teeth.

“Fifty nine seconds.”

Bounding to her feet in panic, Chloe glanced wildly around in search of something to put on and discovered Jared was still in her bed. “We’re fixing to jump!”

He caught her around the waist as she charged toward the door naked having discarded the idea of finding clothes and still getting into harness. “There is an emergency harness on the bunk.”

“My god! That thing’s ancient! I’ve never used it and it’s only for one!” Chloe gasped as he hauled her back to the bunk.

“Two will fit,” he said grimly. Planting her on the bed and climbing in with her, he placed his back against the wall, grabbed the straps and dragged them over his shoulders. Chloe had managed to get up on her knees and was debating whether to make another attempt to reach the nearest jump seat or not.

Grabbing her, Jared settled her astride his lap facing him, adjusted the harness around both of them and clamped it behind her back. He pulled her snugly against his chest then and tightened the harness until she almost had to breathe in sync with him to breathe at all.

“Ten seconds, nine, eight ….”

Bending his knees, he braced his heels against the frame and coiled his arms tightly around her, pressing her head against his shoulder and holding it there with his hand.

Chloe felt the heaviness settle over her and increase until darkness engulfed her and she floated free. She came to as the ship completed the jump and the abrupt deceleration slammed the two of them against the harness.

Relieved that the harness had held, she slumped weakly against him.

It was more than that, though. The protectiveness of his hold felt so good she was in no hurry at all to move.

“You are alright?” he asked finally in a rumbling voice still rough with sleep.

She nodded and, to her vast disappointment, his hold eased on her. She felt him reach for the buckle to release the harness. It occurred to her the moment he did that she’d damned near slept through the jump!

She should’ve been on the bridge! She’d set the computer for the jump the night before, but she should still have been on the bridge monitoring the ship! Galvanized by that thought, she slid off his lap as he removed the harness. “I need to get to the bridge and run a systems check!” she said, dashing to her locker to retrieve a flight suit. Shoving her legs and then her arms in, she grabbed her boots, hopping on one foot as she pulled on first one and then the other. She’d already headed toward the door, fastening the closure when it occurred to her that she hadn’t even told Jared good morning.

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