Space Pirates' Bounty by Hawk Reagan

Author:Hawk, Reagan [Hawk, Reagan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781625010193
Amazon: B00BL1CVR2
Goodreads: 17449725
Publisher: The Raven Books
Published: 2013-04-23T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter SixLucia couldn’t stop running her hands over everything she could get to. She’d never been on a ship before. She glanced at several of the men who had rescued her and Raider. The men continued to watch her, no one saying a word to her.

She craned her neck, trying to see out the front viewing window. Stars dotted the blackness for as far as she could see. Unable to hide her smile, she stopped trying.

Raider entered the bridge from a room off it and looked first to her. He winked. She smiled wider.

“Look,” she said softly. “We fly in space.”

His eyes danced with amusement. “Yes, we do.”

A giant of a man cocked a brow. “Captain, is she all right?”

“She was born to slavery and has never been off-world,” Raider replied.

The giant gasped. “Truly?”

“Yes, Galwin, truly.”

Galwin stood and came to Lucia. He bent before her. “Welcome to space, my lady.”

“I’m not a lady,” she said.

Galwin cast a sideways glance at Raider. “Captain has made it clear you are.”

Lucia’s chest tightened with warmth. Raider saw her as a lady? He took the captain’s seat and began to pilot the vessel. Confused, she merely watched as he navigated the stars as if he’d done so thousands of times before.

How little she knew of the man, yet here she was with him, trusting him with her life. She could never go back to Emprom. Not now. She’d be seen as soiled. She’d be placed upon a cross and crucified. It was the way of it.

The man seated nearest Raider, the one who looked nearly identical to Galwin, swiveled in his chair. He stared directly at her. He snorted. “A lady? More like a whore in waiting.”

Raider stood, as did the man. “Ewan.”

“Captain?”

“Mind your tongue,” Raider snapped.

Lucia eased from her seat and edged her way towards the corridor. Galwin followed and ushered her into what looked like a kitchen of sorts. He offered small smiles as he prepared something that smelled delicious. He made her a plate and handed it to her. “Sit. Eat.”

She nodded and took the plate from him, bowing her head.

He caught her shoulders and straightened her. “Never bow to me or anyone on this ship. Got it? You’re free here, my lady.”

Her lips trembled, as did the plate in her hands. Galwin put his hands over hers and steadied the plate, helping her to a seat. He tucked her in and set utensils next to her. “Fill your stomach. Build your strength. Captain will want you cared for.”

“The other, he doesn’t like me,” she said softly.

“Ewan doesn’t like too many people. As his twin I should understand him better, but at times he’s a mystery to even me,” Galwin said with a shrug. “Ignore his remarks.”

“They are true.”

Galwin paused. “Raider gave us a quick, condensed version of events when he boarded. He said you were to be head concubine to a nobleman there. Is that true?”

She nodded. “Yes.”

“And you were a slave?” he asked, something in his voice hardening.

“From birth, yes.

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