Revenge: An Alien Academy Romance (Warriors of the Drexian Academy Book 6) by Tana Stone

Author:Tana Stone [Stone, Tana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Broadmoor Books
Published: 2025-09-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Twenty-Eight

Deklyn

Iwoke slowly, awareness creeping in through layers of whiskey-induced fog. The first thing I noticed was warmth. I wasn’t in bed alone. For a moment, panic shot through me as hazy memories of the night before tried to surface through the alcohol-soaked haze of my mind.

Then I realized I was lying on top of the covers while she was beneath them, and I was still wearing my pants even if my shirt and shoes were somewhere on the floor. The relief was immediate and overwhelming.

I tried to piece together what had happened after my conversation with Tivek, but my memories fractured into disconnected images. There had been more whiskey, then some stumbling through corridors, and my brother’s steady arm around me as he’d guided me back to the suite.

Then it all came crashing back. My brother was here, on the station. He knew about our deception, and he'd promised to help us with our plan.

I slid carefully off the bed, trying not to disturb Sasha as she slept. The movement sent a spike of pain through my skull that reminded me why I usually avoided Noovian whiskey, but I stayed upright as I gripped one bedpost and glanced back.

Sasha looked peaceful in sleep, her long dark hair fanned across the pillow and her face relaxed in a way it wasn’t when she was awake. Without the constant tension that seemed to drive her, she looked younger and vulnerable in a way that made something protective and possessive twist in my chest.

I forced myself to look away before the sight of her could distract me from the fact that I desperately needed a shower to clear the fog from my brain. I navigated my way unsteadily toward the bathroom on bare feet.

The bathroom was as luxurious as the rest of the suite, all pale polished stone and natural light pouring in from above. I cringed from the brightness as I shed my pants and turned on the shower, running my hands through my disheveled hair as I waited for the water to warm.

Stepping into the open shower with only a half wall of cream-colored stone separating it from the rest of the bathing chamber, I tipped my head to the flowing water. The spray stung my face as it washed away the stale smell of alcohol, and I closed my eyes and braced my hands on the wall, letting the heat pound the bunched muscles of my shoulders.

It was hard to believe how quickly everything had spiraled. It felt like moments ago I'd been sneaking away from the academy, planning to handle Sasha's revenge mission alone. Now I was fake-engaged to her, planning a wedding that would be broadcast across Earth, with my spy brother as an unlikely ally in our deception.

The thought of my Inferno Force comrades made my stomach churn. What would they think when they heard I was engaged to a woman I barely knew? And what would happen when the truth eventually came out, as it inevitably would?

I could probably kiss my military career goodbye.

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