Krimson Princess: Rystar and the LASSOs Book Two by Jack Archer

Author:Jack Archer [Archer, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tarina Anthologies
Published: 2021-06-07T22:00:00+00:00

“I thought you were going to bed?” Rystar said into the receiver as she rolled over, pulling the comms tablet away from her face for a moment to check the time.

“Couldn’t sleep,” Kyran mumbled.

“Well, why drag me down into your not-sleeping-hell?” Rystar grumbled and laid on her back, closing her eyes, sleep threatening to take her again.

“We should do something together on Yarev. It’s a nice beach, lots of places to go,” Kyran said quickly, trying hard to keep his normal bad boy facade up.

“Sorry, already promised Lupe a candlelit dinner by the sea,” Rystar said, hoping to throw him off, but Kyran wasn’t phased.

“Don’t seem like the kind of woman to be held down by just one person, Umara,” Kyran purred into the line, and Rystar’s heart nearly stopped.

She pursed her lips, wondering about the logistics of such a relationship, how the dynamics would work, how everyone in the relationship would feel. It was too hard, and she imagined herself pinned between Kyran and Lupe instead, liking the thought far more. She shook her head, remembering she had one of those two on the line with her.

“Never thought I was,” she said with a frown. Sure, she had never entertained the thought of being held down by one person, much less more than that. Never wanting to settle down with one person, Rystar had been alone most of her adult life, only having small flings here and there and leaving them first thing in the morning.

“You okay, sugar?” Kyran asked in a low voice, and Rystar jumped, almost forgetting he was there. His voice was laced with concern, something she hadn’t heard much of since she met him.

“You kidnapped us,” Rystar said, furrowing her brow and wondering if she was experiencing real emotion or Stockholm Syndrome.

“And I can let you go anytime you want,” Kyran responded. “But we needed Na’gya. You understand the stakes now.”

Rystar nodded, gnawing at a knuckle and thinking to herself. She did understand the stakes. Sort of. Intergalactic war between multiple races and all that. She had lost her job because of this crew and this damn revolution. Why wouldn’t she stay with them to fight? Kyran and his crew weren’t the bad guys here.

“I don’t think I want to go just yet,” Rystar mumbled and rolled over, pulling the covers tighter to her and feeling like a child again. The warmth from Kyran’s voice drowned out everything else, the fluff of the blanket drawing her deeper into sleep.

“Let me take you out to dinner tomorrow,” Kyran said from far away as Rystar drifted back into the shadows. “I know a great place on the beach.”

“‘M’kay,” Rystar whispered and yawned deeply before sleep consumed her.

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