The Mammoth Book of Futuristic Romance by Trisha Telep

Author:Trisha Telep [Telep, Trisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1780330383
Publisher: Robinson
Published: 2013-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Two

Val couldn’t believe what he was seeing as a small human female stepped out of the damaged cockpit. He’d almost killed her, and the guilt and anger ate at him. What were these humans that they sent their women into battle?

Barbarians. That’s what they were.

Women were to be protected and revered. Not shot at and nearly killed in battle.

Val shuddered to think of the stain he’d almost incurred on his soul. Killing a woman in battle was considered one of the most terrible sins among Jit’suku warriors.

His men were as horrified as he was. This strange female had almost cost them all their honor.

“Have you nothing to say for yourself, woman?” Val demanded. He was so incensed that he wasn’t thinking clearly. And he had yet to let go of the female’s soft fingers.

As soon as he realized that, he dropped her fragile hand as if it burned him.

Her head cocked at an angle that he sensed meant trouble, though he’d seldom run afoul of a difficult female. Those few left in his family were all quite well behaved, and if they ruled the home with an iron fist, they also filled it with nurturing love. He’d been lucky with the matriarchs in his clan.

“As I told you before, I’m Lieutenant Lisbet Duncan of Earth. Beyond that, I have nothing to say.”

Val felt his temper rise and knew he must not lose his cool any further in front of his men. He had things to say to this female that were best said in private. If he was going to blow a gasket, better that the whole flight deck didn’t witness it.

Val grabbed the female’s hand again and tugged her along with him – trying not to use too much force – as he exited the hangar. Mercifully, she followed without too much trouble. She probably had a hard time keeping up with his fast pace and longer steps, but he was in no mood to slow down, and she skipped along at his side reasonably well.

He didn’t stop until they’d left the hangar far behind, passing a number of startled crew members on his way toward officer country. That was the colloquial name given to the area that housed the private quarters of the captain and his staff. There were also guest chambers that would serve his purpose, and it was toward one of those comparatively luxurious compartments that he made his way with the human female in tow.

“Could you slow down a bit? Or take shorter steps?” she finally complained as he dragged her along.

Val stopped in the wide, empty hall, dropped her hand and turned to assess her. He quickly realized she was breathing much too heavily, laboring to keep up. He’d dragged her at doubletime the length of the ship. No wonder she was huffing and puffing. Lady of Chaos!

He’d caused her discomfort. First he had blown her ship out from under her, almost killing her in the process, then he had made her jog to keep up with him, causing her to nearly hyperventilate.

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