The Krinar Chronicles: Krinar Diplomacy (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Josie Litton

Author:Josie Litton [Litton, Josie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Jarek

The nanotracker that I’d had implanted in Charlotte the previous day before she regained consciousness told me that she’d left the State Department and was on her way back to the embassy. That was a relief. I’d been worried since the moment I dropped her off there.

I hadn’t hesitated to order the tracker. She wasn’t going back onto the streets of Washington, a city under a state of emergency, without my knowing exactly where she was and how to get to her quickly in case of trouble.

At the same time, I knew full well how a Krinar woman would react to being treated in such a high-handed fashion. I wasn’t willing to bet that Earth women were all that different. Charlotte didn’t need to know that I was monitoring her whereabouts, at least not before I’d had a chance to earn a little of that trust she talked about so earnestly.

Not that she wasn’t right to do so. Everything she’d said had impressed me deeply. She saw past the gloss of official cooperation to the real problems festering beneath. And she was honest enough to speak up about them. Either that or still so innocent about the ways of her world that she didn’t see the risk she was taking.

Loomis was a real slorpis, a species of slime-eating bottom dweller in the brine shallows of the ocean on Krinar that rarely saw the light of day. His immediate assumption that I had a personal interest in Charlotte angered me. Never mind that it was true; she was a smart, perceptive, dedicated member of his staff who deserved his respect. But Loomis wasn’t capable of that. He’d exploit her in any way possible.

The sooner she was beyond his reach, the better.

If I hadn’t already been convinced of that, I would have been the moment she walked through the doors of the embassy. I’d pre-cleared her through the gate and gone down to meet her as soon as I saw that she was arriving. Not a moment too soon. Her back was rigid, her cheeks flushed, and the look in her eyes suggested that a storm was brewing.

“Are you all right?” I asked as I stepped in front of her.

The lobby wasn’t crowded but a few other Krinar were coming and going. Inevitably, they would be curious about the sudden appearance of an Earth woman. My need to protect her extended to not allowing her emotions to be on display for them.

“You should have warned me,” she said.

About Loomis, I knew it! Damn it, I’d make him pay for whatever insult she had suffered. He’d--

“Is this some Krinar thing?” she asked, throwing me off stride. “You rescued me so now you get to order me around and control everything I do?”

That struck me as an excellent idea but I wasn’t about to admit it and face the fury of a justifiably outraged female. I was having enough trouble as it was coping with the conflicting desires she unleashed. Concern for her

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