Star Kingdom Box Set by Lindsay Buroker

Author:Lindsay Buroker [Buroker, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-16T06:00:00+00:00

The Union ship hadn’t responded yet. It had been two hours. Another hour, and the Stellar Dragon would be in firing range. Technically, they already were in firing range, but this far out, they could maneuver and get out of the way if the enemy sent nukes at them. Assuming they weren’t heat-seeking nukes.

Casmir sat in the co-pilot’s pod and alternated between nibbling on his fingernails and cracking his knuckles.

After one particularly loud crack, Bonita scowled over at him. “Why don’t you take a nap? I’ll let you know if they respond.”

“Are you trying to get rid of me, Captain?”

“You just now noticed?” She shooed him toward the hatchway. “Don’t you need to tell that uppity knight that you’re not really out to get the Kingdom? Just because the enemy didn’t answer your comm message doesn’t mean the warships didn’t notice it.”

“Ah, good point.”

Casmir pushed himself out of the pod and headed to Asger’s hatch. He knocked and wasn’t surprised when Asger promptly answered. It was hard to imagine anyone sleeping well knowing they were heading to a battleground.

“Come in,” he called.

When Casmir opened the hatch, he found Asger in a pushup position on the deck. He sprang to his feet and stuck his head out to squint both directions down the corridor before stepping back and letting him in. What, had he been afraid Qin would be standing out there, ready to leap into his private space? Back on the Osprey, Casmir had been inclined to like Asger, since he’d helped him escape confinement, but his attitude toward Qin made Casmir wanted to punch him in the nose. Still, he shouldn’t burn bridges—or knights—as they could be useful when trying to escape villains.

“Do you have a minute?” Casmir asked. “We’re about an hour from the gate. I thought we should discuss our options.”

“Do we have options?” Asger sat on the edge of his bunk.

A few wrinkles creased the blanket, but he clearly hadn’t been under the covers. His book lay on the pillow.

“No. We need to make some.”

“Ah.”

“And I should warn you before someone else tells you that I offered to submit a résumé and work for the enemy if they would take me on board. I also expressed disgruntlement as a Kingdom subject, but I was actually quite enjoying my work and my life before all this started.”

Asger gazed blandly at him, either thinking he was a loon or not knowing what he was talking about. Well, if he hadn’t been sulking in his cabin, he could have been there for the genesis of that comm message.

“I thought someone who works for the king should know,” Casmir added. “In case some overzealous communications officer on one of those warships recorded it to blackmail me later.”

“What happens if someone on the enemy ship offers you a job?”

“The odds that they’re here for job recruitment seem slim. I was just hoping someone would reply, and we could learn more about that ship and who’s flying it and why. Also where they’re taking their stolen cargo, in case we need to pursue them through the gate.

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