Kidnapped by Her Husbands (Wings of Artemis Book 1) by Rebecca Royce

Author:Rebecca Royce
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Action & Adventure, Romance, Science Fiction, War & Military, Military, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2016-04-15T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Dane

I stormed into Dane’s medical bay. If I didn’t love him so fucking much, I’d put him out the airlock. He sat on the table staring out the ship’s window. I’d seen the distant look in his eyes enough times to know he was stoned. If ‘woe is me’ Dane made me crazy, ‘mellowed out by Russo’s Root’ Dane made my hands shake with irritation.

Someday he would pull it together.

“Are you kidding with this?”

He smiled, the slow grin, telling me he wasn’t really present for this conversation. “Hey, Mel.”

“Don’t Mel me. You gave half our antibiotics to that last merchant ship. What the hell were you thinking?”

He held his hand out to me. “Don’t yell. We can talk about this like civilized people. We’re over surplus now. All the Nomads are. We can afford generosity with supplies to those less fortunate.”

If I could get his adrenaline up he’d come to his senses. I needed him to hear me. All the guys had to be ready for what was going to happen. I’d never be able to make it okay. I had to know they could survive.

I loved them and that meant hurting them sometimes. They were of no use to me weak, and I wouldn’t coddle them. Loving me meant playing by my rules—it always had.

“We aren’t here for you to play doctor.”

His eyebrows shot up, and he dangled his feet over the edge of table. “I’m not playing at it. I actually am one.”

“Your one job on this ship is to take care of us, any Nomads we might encounter who need your help, and to fuck me when I want you to. You don’t get to make arbitrary decisions about what and how to manage the medicine. That’s my job.”

He blinked rapidly, his eyes returning to normal. “Thanks for destroying my buzz, Mel. There’s nothing better than having to face this kind of shit sober.”

“Whine. Whine. Whine. Your life is hard. Guess what? All of us are Sisyphus on occasion. You’re here, you’re safe, and you’re mine. If that isn’t worth staying off the Russo for, then feel free to get off the ship next time we dock.”

He jumped off the table and reached me in two strides. His gripped my shoulders hard. “Would you do that? Would you send me away?”

I hated the shake in his voice, although I’d never tell him that. I’d also never consider sending him away. They all had to think I would, though—it was the only way to keep six alpha tendency guys from taking over my ship. A little fear went a long way. I loved them, so I kept them on edge.

“Don’t make me.”

Dane pressed his forehead to mine. “Let me inside you. I’ll fix this. It’s been awhile. You don’t come to me anymore. Just Nolan. Sometimes Cooper.”

Hardly them, either. Since I’d gotten pregnant on Truest Station the month before, I’d hardly felt like it at all.

I wouldn’t be able to hide the symptoms from Dane much longer. He’d see the signs before the others would.

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