Nebula's Music by Aubrie Dionne

Author:Aubrie Dionne [Dionne, Aubrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction, Music, 9781616501396
ISBN: 9781616501396
Google: -QxQAwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00JKR987K
Barnesnoble: B00JKR987K
Goodreads: 8086995
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Published: 2009-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Canyon’s Rim

Nebula longed for her music. Her fingers twitched with the urge to touch the keys of her Steinway, still back on the abandoned flight ship, drifting to nowhere fast in space. Now she felt the melody flow through her as more than a series of codes and craved its swell and its release. Maybe the music could help her understand the feelings she harbored for Radian, emotions threatening the nature of who and what she was.

Radian propped himself up with his back against the cell wall, eyes closed as if he were asleep. Nebula could tell by his breathing he was only resting and could spring into action at any moment. Eldin and Illena lay beyond him, their huddled forms rising and falling in deep slumber.

“Don’t you ever sleep?” Radian’s whisper surprised her. She hadn’t noticed him open his eyes. She hoped he didn’t sense her staring moments ago.

Nebula was embarrassed to have to justify her nature. “No, it is not necessary for my survival.”

“Don’t you ever crave an escape?”

Nebula leaned forward with intensity in her eyes. “Every day.”

She could see her honesty surprised him because his eyebrows rose and he straightened, adjusting his position. “What is it you want to escape from? You have a great position, a fulfilling career.”

Nebula titled her head, assessing how much to tell him. Despite the caution lurking in her logical mind, her words flowed freely. “The black void inside me. It throbs with a hunger I cannot satiate.”

Radian shook his head. “That’s awful. Is there anything that quells the pain?”

Her face went blank as if she put herself on pause. How could she tell him he was the remedy? It would sound desperate and irrational. Besides, any pull of emotion would complicate their mission and possibly jeopardize their success.

“It does not matter. The solution is impossible, unattainable by any means.”

Radian narrowed his eyes. “Nonsense. There must be some way for you to find happiness.”

“Not all of us have that option.”

The ship shifted underneath them. The chains hanging from the ceiling moved from a perpendicular angle with the floor to a sixty-degree slant. Nebula felt her circuits speed faster, her defensive programming kicking in. “The ship is landing.”

Radian rose and shook Eldin and Illena. “Put your shackles on quickly, before they come to get us.”

Eldin rubbed his eyes, groggy. “I’m not putting those things back on again.”

Nebula had already collected his and was by his side. “You have to. They cannot know we are free.”

“Come now,” Radian encouraged him. “You said you want to help. Besides, you won’t get anywhere if they see you’ve already escaped their handcuffs.”

“All right.” Eldin held out his hands. “But don’t make them so tight.”

“I will make them only as tight as you can wiggle your hands out when it is time.” Nebula adjusted the metal restraints.

Meanwhile, Radian slipped Illena’s cuffs on as well. Nebula noticed how gentle his fingers were as they re-clasped the metal around Illena’s slender wrists. His punk appearance was all show. There was a gentleman hiding underneath.

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