Kyre: Warlord Brides (Warriors of Vaznik Book 2) by Ava York & Starr Huntress

Author:Ava York & Starr Huntress [York, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clockwalk Publishing
Published: 2020-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

Kyre

Captain Rekker used our newly working personal comms to call a crew meeting in the ship’s common area.

Ferne and I followed him through the Calliope and found Cedroc and Derrix waiting for us with amused expressions.

“Great,” Derrix said, waving his radio between two fingers. “I’m so glad you can beam your voice into my mind whenever you want. I wasn’t at all enjoying the peace and quiet.”

“Derrix, I will leave you here if I have to,” Rekker grumbled, to which Derrix laughed.

Javik and Lila arrived together. They likely came from the med bay. Lila smiled and waved at Ferne, who returned the gesture. It was nice to see that they were getting along. Lila was like a sister to me now. It would bring me joy to know my newfound sister and my mate were friends.

“What’s this about?” Javik asked.

“As you can see, the radio system is back up,” Rekker said. “I was able to get in touch with Commander Strygan.”

“Has he finally told you more about what we’re doing here?” Lila asked.

“He told us some bullshit, that’s what,” Ferne muttered. Lila’s brows drew together in concern and confusion. I bit down on my bottom lip to stifle my laughter.

“I like her,” Cedroc said with a decisive nod.

“But what does that mean?” Lila drew our attention back to Rekker’s less than fruitful meeting.

“We know we’re looking for some kind of artifact,” Rekker continued. “Now we know that said artifact is somewhere underground.”

The crew patiently waited for Rekker to say more, but quickly realized there was no more to be said.

“That’s all?” Javik asked slowly.

“That’s all.”

“Not even a general area?” Derrix demanded.

“Not even an image of the damn artifact?” Cedroc added.

“No.” Rekker sighed. I felt his frustrations rippling through his body.

Ferne felt it, too. She took a small step away from him, closer to me. Whether that was a subconscious movement or not, I wasn’t sure.

“She’s right.” Derrix jerked his chin in Ferne’s direction. “This is bullshit.”

“I wish there was more to be said,” Rekker said.

“What are we supposed to do now?” Cedroc demanded. “It’ll take weeks, months even, to search the depths of the planet for whatever it is we’re meant to find. How are we supposed to identify it? Are we supposed to simply know it when we see it?”

“I don’t have the answers right now,” Rekker snapped.

“We should leave,” Javik said. “We can’t possibly complete this mission on the terms we were given.”

“Absolutely not,” Rekker growled. “I should put you on galley duty for a week for suggesting such a thing. We do not abandon our missions. Ever.”

“Rekker,” Lila said gently, resting her small hand on his arm. Her touched appeared to soothe him.

Now that I’d met Ferne, I knew exactly the power of a mate’s touch.

“Crew,” Rekker said, and cleared his throat, “I understand your frustrations. I will come up with another plan.”

“Are we even going to get our bonuses for this?” Cedroc asked. “Or our time off?”

“I’m starting to feel like we were bought,” Derrix added.

Javik nodded.

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