Renegade Skyfarer (Stones of Terrene Book 1) by RJ Metcalf

Author:RJ Metcalf [Metcalf, RJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fayette Press
Published: 2018-06-30T18:30:00+00:00

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Misery wanted company.

Jade checked the engine room, the storage hangar, and the showers, but couldn’t find Krista. Jade’s nerves jittered as she peeked over the edge of the stairs. She absolutely, positively, could not run into Zak right now. She had to talk to Krista first and get all the scrambled thoughts in her head organized.

Odds were good that this late in the afternoon, Krista had relocated to the galley with Briar. Ben had been helping Briar with breakfast and lunch, but evening remained Krista’s specific time to help her boyfriend.

Please, don’t let Zak be there, too. Jade mentally begged as she followed her nose to the galley. The scent of roasted meat usually made her stomach rumble with hunger, but this afternoon, it just made her gut clench. Her emotions were too unstable right now for her to consider food.

Jade rushed past Zak’s closed bunk room door, and she turned her face away from the mess hall as she passed it. There was no guarantee he was even in either of the rooms. But she couldn’t help being cautious.

She pressed her face to the galley window set in the door, and relief trickled through her when she saw Krista chopping vegetables beside Briar. Jade slipped into the narrow kitchen, relaxing infinitesimally as the familiar humid warmth washed over her.

Krista used the back of her hand to push a strand of black hair out of her face as she took in Jade’s watery eyes and trembling hands. She set the knife down and yanked off the sunset-orange apron. “Are you all right? What happened?” Krista pulled Jade into a fierce hug, and Jade closed her eyes, savoring the lavender scent of Krista’s braids. Krista released her and guided Jade to a closed barrel. “Sit and talk.”

Briar handed Jade a metal bowl and a large sprig of rosemary. “If you want something to do with your hands, you can strip that.”

“Thanks.” Jade settled onto the wood and angled herself to see Briar and Krista, her back to the door. She set the bowl on her lap and twirled the fragrant herb in her hand. Briar and Krista shared everything, so there was no point in talking to Krista without him. And he tended to have useful insights or methods to talk through problems. Jade pinched at the thin, needlelike leaves and started to pull and drop them into the bowl.

Jade floundered, trying to think of where to start. The rhythmic sound of Briar continuing to prep dinner soothed her nerves, and Jade spilled everything that had happened between her and Ben, including how Zak had found them. She clenched her hands, rosemary biting into her palms as she remembered Zak’s expression of surprise, then—nothing.

I hate how he does that. Shuts his emotions down. It makes it impossible to understand him.

Krista hummed to herself as she dumped the chopped vegetables into a large pan. She leaned her hip against the counter and pointed her knife at Jade. “You know what

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