Surviving Seduction by Underwood Maia

Author:Underwood, Maia [Underwood, Maia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction
Published: 2011-07-26T06:00:00+00:00

Selena rol ed her eyes and moved off, leaving him behind. In a few minutes, she had climbed her way through the treetops to avoid the crunchy noise of leaves on the ground and was slowly edging down a bough of the oak tree that hung over the vent. There was a layer of black mesh, but she could see through it easily. The trick would be making sure Dan didn’t see her, and that was going to be no picnic at al , despite the fast-approaching darkness.

She inched along with painful slowness, wondering how much of their conversation she’d missed already. Then she could see Dan and Josie below in the torchlight, and had a decent view of them both, sitting in those same canvas chairs with the map table between them. There was no way Dan could see her at this angle, so she peered in more closely. Roark was not inside. Things had quieted down in the camp, so it was easy to hear.

“The grazing land is better than I guessed, and I figure it wil probably be enough, but to be honest, I would have liked even more. It’s not perfect, but it’s no reason to scrap the plan,” Josie was saying.

Selena watched her, and was surprised at how casual and direct her attitude was. She had expected a more cunning mien.

Dan waited.

“Our little visit proved you’ve got a capable community, if a bit smal . You’re doin’ wel and I can see you know a lot about livin’ in one place and makin’ it work,” she summarized quickly, obviously itching to move on. “Now that I’ve given you my assessment, here’s my decision.”

She stood and paced a bit. Now Selena thought she looked guarded. “I’m wil ing to go ahead with this, but I’ve got a few terms.”

Dan waited.

“First, until we get settled into this change, we won’t be supporting your community in any way, unless there’s a fair trade. Once we find our rhythm, we can live as cooperatively as we’d like, and I’m hopin’ for a good level of trust between us al until we’re one and the same big family. The point of this whole thing is security, after al .”

Dan nodded, and she continued to pace.

“If our trust is broken, we’re out of here ‘fore you can spit. I also want your assurance that your folk wil help us, sharin’ what they know. For Ben to teach us what he knows about farming, Bear to teach us about his trainin’ and you to teach us how to fight. Not that we’re helpless, by any means,” she added with a smirk, “but you can make us better. And al of this within reason a’course. We’re not out to work your people to the bone, since everyone has more to do than they can handle already.”

Dan nodded again, straightening in his seat. He was waiting for more, Selena could tel .

“Next,” she went on, “We’l want to mix the bloodlines of our livestock, which should be beneficial for al of us.

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