Temporal Shift (Entangled Select Otherworld) by Nina Croft

Author:Nina Croft [Croft, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Temporal Shift, sci-fi, PNR, paranormal, romance, science fiction, Select Otherworld, Entangled, Nina Croft, Blood Hunter
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-11-16T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Devlin wrapped his arms around her, wedging himself between the bed and the wall, and held on tight. The ship crashed into something and screamed with the grate of metal on metal.

Finally, they slowed and came to a halt.

“What the fuck was that?” Devlin asked.

Saffira struggled free and got up on shaky legs. But she didn’t look seriously hurt. “Maybe we’ve reached the other side of the wormhole.”

She headed across the room to where her jumpsuit lay crumpled on the floor. After tugging it on, she searched for her boots, just as Devlin’s comm unit lit up.

“Devlin?” It was Daisy, and she sounded panicked.

“Yeah.” He pulled his pants on as he talked.

“Something happened.”

“No kidding. Where’s Rico?”

“He’s out cold.”

“Knocked out?”

“No. Yes. I’m not sure. Just get up here.”

He sat on the bed to put on his boots, then dragged his T-shirt over his head. Saffira was already standing by the door, foot tapping on the floor.

This time they took the closest transporter bubble. As the doors slid open to the bridge, his gaze went to the screen in front of them.

Yup, the end of the tunnel was in sight. A dark featureless hole looking less than inviting.

He hurried across to where Daisy crouched over Rico. The vampire was unconscious. “What happened?”

“We were talking. I asked him about Earth—I thought it might take his mind off the hunger thing. Anyway—he was telling me about where he came from and how he became a vampire and…” She tugged at her long green ponytail. “And the tunnel seemed to shift, and it was too fast, and the ship hit the wall, and we lost control. Then we were spinning.”

Thorne appeared in the open doorway. “What’s going on?”

His gaze sharpened on Saffira before turning to Devlin, his violet eyes narrowing. Devlin was guessing he looked like he’d just been laid. And Saffira was no better with her long hair loose around her shoulders, her mouth swollen from his kisses, and moving like walking hurt.

“I think we’re there,” Saffira said. She turned to him. “Can you get her working again?”

“Let me look.” He flicked through a 3-D image of the engine. “There’s damage. We’re going to have to fix it, but I might be able to get her going.” He remembered the shriek of grating metal he’d heard and knew she must have sustained an external hit. “We really need to land her so I can check her over.”

“Well, if we’ve reached Earth you can do that.”

“If…”

A groan sounded from behind him. Looked like Rico was waking up.

“What the fuck just happened?” he asked, dragging himself into a sitting position and running a hand through his hair.

“You fainted,” Devlin replied.

“The hell I did. Vampires do not faint. And what the hell happened to my ship?”

“You lost control…when you fainted—”

“Fuck off.”

Devlin ignored the interruption. “…and she hit the walls. A massive attack of negative energy on the outer shields.” He turned back to the images. “Shouldn’t stop us moving, but I wouldn’t want to meet anything unfriendly in this state.

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