The Psionics Guild by A C Ellas

Author:A C Ellas [Ellas, A C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Space Opera, Erotic Romance, Gay, GLBT, BDSM, Action, Adventure
ISBN: 9781487403270
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Published: 2015-05-15T05:00:00+00:00

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His mind reeling from the loss of self, Cai fell out of the linkage with Laughing Owl, retreating into himself like a turtle pulling in its limbs. His breathing was a series of sobs, of pain, of loss, of worry for his husband. The shuttle’s sensors had captured Nick’s fall, but they’d also shown that Nick was still alive when the guildsmen had picked him up and borne him back inside. Alive but injured and in a great deal of pain.

Cai staggered out of the Chamber, struggling to compose himself. His mind touched each adjunct in turn. On-em, To-en, Fo-vi, Si-el. He prodded at the places where Tri-ess and Fi-em should be but weren’t, like a man probing at a toothache to see if it still hurt. His remaining adjuncts gathered in close, engaging in an unusual amount of physical contact. Somehow, it felt unifying to their group mind, and Cai focused on the harmonics of their connections to him and realized that there were cross connections to each other as well. He’d never noticed this before, but it made sense—they were part of him and he of them, and why wouldn’t they also be parts of each other?

Cai wasn’t sure how long the mental and physical group hug lasted, but he had a sense of hours passing before he felt at all able to deal with the situation. Then, he felt guilt—he’d left Nick in pain and in enemy hands while he had a meltdown. It wasn’t acceptable. He sat down at his console, prepared his report and placed another call to Admiral Nbuntu.

The pretty aide Nick had admired on his first visit to the admiral’s office answered the call. “Admiral Nbuntu’s office, how may we assist you?” The man looked up at the screen then and froze. “Oh, Astrogator Cai. Would you like to speak to the admiral?”

“Yes, please, thank you.” Cai wondered at the fear he saw in the aide’s eyes. Was he that scary looking? Or was it just the usual fear of Astrogators that so many people had because of the multitude of holo shows and legends portraying Astrogators along a spectrum starting with petty dictator and ending with psychopathic monster.

The aide transferred him before Cai could find the words to ask about it. Admiral Nbuntu immediately said, “There was some action down at the Guild house, I hear.”

“Yes, sir.” Cai sent the report. “I attempted, and failed, to rescue Captain Steele using my own resources. Nick tells me that Perad plans to mind-wipe him and send him to the Guild labs for re-patterning as an adjunct. He was also badly injured in the fighting—Perad had his weapons set to kill, not disable, and it is merely luck that Nick’s wiring was sufficient to partially protect him from the full brunt of the blow. A lesser man would have died.” Cai paused to take a steadying breath as Nbuntu absorbed this and glanced over the data.

“Your adjuncts?”

“Both dead,” Cai replied flatly. “With

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