The Segonian by Duvall Dianne

Author:Duvall, Dianne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2021-01-18T16:00:00+00:00

Dagon barked out a laugh. He and Eliana had shared yet another enchanting last meal together while a holowindow bathed them in the light of a setting sun. Now they headed toward her quarters.

As they did, he silently admitted he was loath to see their time together end, so he restricted his pace to a leisurely stroll while she regaled him with comical tales of other opponents who—like Efren, Maarev, and Liden—had dramatically underestimated her ability to defeat them.

Every time she grinned or laughed, warmth suffused him and stretched his lips in a smile. And every time she bumped his arm with her shoulder or nudged him with her elbow, little tingles raced along his flesh and stole his breath. How would she respond if he suddenly interrupted her and told her she made him feel like a youth experiencing his first infatuation?

That he felt young at all amazed him. His arduous climb up the chain of command had been a long one, peppered with both wins and losses that had taken their toll. Some soldiers he’d considered friends had grown bitter and hostile when they were passed over for promotion in favor of him. Many others had simply drifted away when differing missions had parted them for months at a time. Dagon reconnected with the latter whenever they all ended up in the same place. It was one of the reasons he enjoyed the Aldebarian Alliance’s biannual war games so much. They enabled him to see old friends again.

But there were others he would not see again. Those who had fallen in combat.

Every life lost under his command had cost him and resurfaced periodically to haunt his dreams.

Yet now, as Eliana nudged him again with her elbow and stared up at him with her pretty brown eyes full of amusement, he fought the desire to reach out, twine his fingers through hers, and swing their arms between them in a rare boyish burst of joy.

He might have actually done it, too, if they didn’t pass soldiers and other crewmen so frequently.

Eliana seemed as reluctant to end their time together as he, her steps slowing more and more as they approached their destination. Alas, they reached her quarters anyway.

“And what did he say once he regained consciousness?” Dagon asked, fighting another smile as he awaited her response.

She placed her palm on the reader and opened her door. “He said his grandmother was right: dynamite does come in small packages.”

Amusement once more bubbled up inside him. “Is my translator right? Is dynamite an explosive on Earth?”

“Yes.”

He laughed.

She did, too.

Apparently, all Immortal Guardians on Earth were assigned Seconds, who seemed to be the equivalent of the Lasaran royal family’s Yona guard and protected them. The one in question—a hulking man named Kevin who had guarded Eliana years ago—had driven her mad, constantly underestimating her ability to take care of herself. This Kevin, she’d explained, had spent most of his life watching over five younger sisters and just couldn’t seem to break the

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