To Clan and Conquer (Clan Beginnings) by Tracy St. John

Author:Tracy St. John
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Tracy St. John
Published: 2012-12-18T05:00:00+00:00

He put his hand on Degorsk’s shoulder. “I’m sorry I’ve caused problems for you, my Imdiko.”

The doctor gave him a lopsided smile and shrugged. “I don’t blame you.” He pretended to brighten. “Unless the guilt will get me something nice. A week’s vacation on Dantovon perhaps? A few days in one of Ler’s brothels with a pretty locked in a suspension field might make up for some—”

Lidon’s growl cut him off. The Nobek had been in a Dantovonian playroom a time or two. The abrupt vision of putting a few sex toys to use on Degorsk had an immediate effect on him. He was suddenly very, very hard.

Tranis rolled his eyes and shook his head. “Degorsk, you know better than to arouse a pissed-off Nobek. Are you trying to get hurt?”

Degorsk’s voice was barely above a whisper, and he stood very still under the weight of Lidon’s gaze. “I’m shutting up now. Captain’s orders be damned.”

Lidon recovered a measure of his equanimity. “See? Piras was wrong about you. Sometimes you do show a little sense.”

Tranis took a deep breath. “Let’s get over to the docks. I want to see what we can do to keep these colonists alive if the destroyer fails to stop whatever is coming.”

Lidon grabbed Degorsk’s wrist and yanked the reluctant Imdiko along as he followed Tranis. He was ready to do his job, but he couldn’t quite shake the idea of Degorsk caught helpless in a suspension field, unable to move as Lidon took out his aggressive lust on him.

It was a slightly better fantasy than the one of beating the fuck out of Piras.

* * * *

Tranis strode purposefully into the hangar with Lidon and Degorsk right behind him. He wouldn’t admit it, but he was grateful to Degorsk for the bit of amusement he had afforded him. The Imdiko curing Lidon’s fury by getting the fierce Nobek aroused had allowed Tranis to get control of his own anger. The Imdiko’s humor had a good use after all. The first officer was all business now, ready to take what little command he had over the situation.

Governor Artmak was overseeing the furiously working colonists and Tranis’ small group of security left behind by Piras. He noted their entrance and ran up to them. “The shuttles will be cramped, but everyone will fit in, including your team. We can be ready to evacuate in six hours.”

Tranis looked over the operation, shaking his head at the disorganization of it. People were bumping into each other, loading, unloading, and reloading the vehicles in a mass of confusion. “Make it three.”

Artmak’s brows knit together. “Three hours?”

“The defense station is seven hours away, and it went silent nearly an hour ago. Three hours is the minimum amount of time it will take the shuttles to get to an orbiting distance most sensors can’t detect.”

The governor protested, “That’s not nearly enough time. Besides, if an attack comes we have the underground storage units.”

Lidon watched the colonists load shuttles with a critical eye. He shook his head.

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