Suspended in the Stars by E. A. Hendryx

Author:E. A. Hendryx [Hendryx, E. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: E. A. Hendryx

CHAPTER 31

TALIE

Hike’s spaceship is relatively small for a luxury-class traveler. It’s sleek, shiny, and surprisingly opulent with lush fabrics and high-class amenities. While I had my fears about the deal I brokered with the congenial captain, he’s been nothing but accommodating.

“And yer berth’ll be right around here.” Malik’s accent is odd. I can’t place it, but it holds hints of outlier.

The door swishes open, and a large bed stares back at us. One bed. I don’t look at Renner—that is, Rex, my husband—and instead move to hang my cloak on a hook by the door.

“Yeh two travel light,” Malik comments.

“As long as I have her,” Renner pulls me to his side, “I don’t need anything else.”

He’s obviously overdoing it, but Malik doesn’t notice. “Sure, sure. Cap says if you need anything, the commissary is open to yeh.”

“Thank you, Malik.” I offer him a genuine smile, and he returns it with a lazy salute as he leaves.

The minute he’s gone, Renner launches himself backward onto the bed. He crosses his legs at the ankles and uses his hands to prop his head up, elbows out.

“Now this I could get used to.”

I look at the bed again. The only bed.

“What? You’ve been in my bed before.” His grin is devilish. Nice to see he’s all but back to his old self. All it took was eight hours on an ice ship and a plan to focus on.

“Maybe I can convince him we always sleep in different rooms.” I’m joking, but Renner takes it as a personal offense.

“If I were to marry, I would not have my wife sleep in a separate room.”

Heat fans the smoldering fire I can’t fully douse.

Focus on the mission, Talie.

“But,” he pushes to a sitting position, “you obviously haven’t been on many ships beside the Midway.”

I frown.

“Watch and learn, Le—” He cuts himself off, the nickname coming so naturally. He brushes past me as he walks to the wall by the small table and two padded chairs. Pulling the table out, he taps a discrete button, and a shelf folds out into—

“Another bed?”

He looks back. “Yep. It makes the rooms multi-use. So, you can sleep here, and I’ll just—”

“Not on your life, Cartha.” I leap onto the bed, claiming my spot. If he can pretend the kiss never happened, so can I.

“We could share.”

My eyes snap to his, and I can see his response was to gauge my reaction. He’s looking at me now with emotion I can’t read, but it’s not as light as I’d expect. There’s a serious tone that makes my pulse pound.

“Renner…”

He moves to the bed next to me. I don’t have time to mentally prepare for his warmth or the minty, musky scent he brings.

“I know your path, Talie. I know what it means to you. And I’d never do anything to compromise that. Well, not again.” He flushes. “But…” He searches the tundra, looking from ice pillar to ice pillar.

“But what?” Part of me wants to know what he’ll say, and the other part is afraid one word from him will override any willpower I have.

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