The Secret of Narava by Isabo Kelly

Author:Isabo Kelly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, scifi, science fiction, archaeology, science fiction romance, shifters, chronicles, sci fi romance, narava, kiernarhoan, isabo kelly, isabo, naravan chronicles
Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Ti’ann returned to the trench, frowning over the call from the museum. She nodded to BinRal in passing. The Binnean had stayed near the new site since they’d started digging again late that afternoon, after Nathan was positive Samuels was gone. Nathan, however, had disappeared almost immediately—off securing the rest of the site. She hadn’t seen him since.

She joined Krin at the side of the trench, her gaze turned to the volunteers, grad students and excavators chiseling away the remaining muck and rock left after the EDU had taken out as much of the overburden as possible.

“What did they want?” Krin said under his breath.

“To tell us they’re glad Nathan Longfeather is working out, they’re happy about our new discovery, and could we have a report in with our hypothesis in two weeks.”

He looked up at her sharply. “How did they know about the new dig?”

“Good question.” She kept her eyes on the trench, as she thought over the call. “Did you go to the committee for the funding to hire Nathan?”

“No. I made other arrangements. Does this mean they’re paying now?”

“That’s the impression I got. What other arrangements?”

“I was going to borrow the money from Devin.”

“Krin…”

“Don’t start.” He held up a hand. “Doesn’t matter now anyway.”

She sighed out her irritation. “Okay. Fine. I still want to know how they knew about our find.”

“Nathan mentioned a friend on the Board. Suppose he told him?”

“That’s right. Mr. Alexander. I thought that was just a story.”

“Well the museum is paying for security now. Bet Nathan’s Mr. Alexander had a hand in that.” Krin fell quiet and they both watched the work below.

After a few minutes, she called into the pit and motioned one of the volunteers out, taking up a chisel herself. If she just stood there, she had too much time to think about all the questions she had. While she was grateful Samuels was gone, they still had the mystery of who’d been tampering with Monroe’s ship, Samuels’ impending return, and the tenuous state of some of their equipment. She didn’t even want to begin thinking about the situation between her and Nathan.

Ti’ann stepped onto the mini-lift as soon as Pat stepped off. The small platform did double duty hauling buckets of rock and soil up out of the trench and moving the team in and out of the more than ten meter deep pit. She had no idea how paleontologists worked before the advent of platform lifts and Excavation Digger Units—even if their particular EDU was constantly in need of repairs. Though she did enjoy getting down to the delicate work with the old fashioned brush and chisel. And work was always a good distraction from more…difficult thoughts.

Not that she regretted her night with Nathan. The entire experience had been too satisfying and freeing for regrets. But he’d been able to snap back into his work mode this morning with ease, an ease that left her reeling with uncertainty. He’d seemed to want her around right up until they left the ship, and then he’d sent her on her way without a backward glance.

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