Mach One_Intergalactic Dating Agency by Elsa Jade

Author:Elsa Jade [Jade, Elsa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction Romance
Publisher: Red Circle Ink
Published: 2018-09-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Lun-mei watched him go from her windows until he stepped out onto the street, turning toward downtown. Maybe he wasn’t lying to her?

She stood back with a muttered curse. So weird. Had she really bumped her head that hard? She touched the back of her skull again. She definitely had a headache, but that sometimes happened after not enough sleep and too much caffeine.

When she realized she was clutching his blanket to her chest like a lifeline, she let it drop to her side with a louder curse. She’d been doing a great job with her large animal house calls, and then the one time she had a slightly problematic dog birth, she managed to knock herself senseless. Great.

Hopefully none of this got back to Graham, not when he’d been the only rural vet willing to give her a chance. Yes, she’d grown up in The City, and yes, she’d trained at the University of California, Davis, one of the best around. But she didn’t want to just clip the toenails of dogs who walked around on carpeting all day and upsell cancer treatment for geriatric cats. The people out here might be rough, sometimes curt, seemingly disconnected from their feelings—Mr. Halley being a prime example—but their animals were their livelihood, often the only other beings they saw for days at a time. Her presence here mattered in a way that wouldn’t mean as much elsewhere.

Anyway, Mr. Halley and his ilk weren’t unfeeling, not at all. Just because he didn’t post his emotions for everyone to comment on didn’t mean he didn’t care. He wanted to take her to a doctor for her head bump, and he’d even wrapped her in a blanket. And he’d been so worried about his dog, she remembered…

She closed her eyes. Damn, did her head hurt. Maybe she should get checked for a mild concussion. She recited the organic chem formulas that she’d forced herself to memorize in school and that had stayed stubbornly with her even after the final. Well, it all seemed to be there still. And she definitely remembered how Mach had smiled at her, his eyes lighting up in delight when the pup was born. Strangely silvery eyes…

She shook her head hard, which just made it hurt more, and turned away from the window.

And almost tripped over Hayate who mewed at her insistently and began stropping around her ankles. When Lun-mei leaned down to tickle his spine, the corner of the blanket flopped out of her grasp, and the cat howled with alarm, arching his back and spitting and backpedaling all the while. She straightened in surprise. The one-time feral tom had never been the most emotionally available creature, but mealtimes were one of his friendliest times. Maybe he was just mad that she’d missed his wet breakfast.

She tossed the blanket on the bed and went to the small efficiency refrigerator. Hayate was instantly snuggles again, and just like that, all was right in her world. Except for this lingering headache.

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