Tribute: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance (Barbarians of the Sand Planet Book 4) by Tana Stone

Author:Tana Stone [Stone, Tana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Broadmoor Books
Published: 2020-04-19T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Two

Holly sat up suddenly, and her head grazed the side of the tent. It took her a few moments to remember where she was—in a tent in the middle of the desert with T’Kar. Light filled the small space, and she could feel the heat rising off the surrounding sands. It wouldn’t be long before the inside of the tent was sweltering, although she’d rather be hot than freeze to death.

She looked over her shoulder and felt a small amount of relief that he was still sleeping peacefully, his chest rising and falling. Her gaze trailed down to his bare chest—the chiseled muscles, the gold skin, the elaborate tattoo—and then on to the swatch of fabric wrapped around his stomach. She was glad to see that it wasn’t completely soaked with blood. Only a small amount of red had seeped through all the layers.

She released a relieved breath. The bleeding had stopped, and he’d made it through the night. That meant the sand snake hadn’t been poisonous, and no major organs or arteries had been damaged. She didn’t want to admit how happy that made her.

It was her fault he’d been injured in the first place. If she hadn’t been so insistent they cross the desert at night, they never would have been attacked by a sand serpent, and he never would have been bitten. Of course, he might have mentioned why he was hesitant to cross the desert at night, although if he’d told her there were snakes slithering under the surface of the sand, she might never have stepped off the rock ledge at all.

Holly shuddered as she remembered the large serpent and its flashing fangs. She could easily go the rest of her life without seeing one of those again.

“You do not need to worry,” T’Kar said, his voice thick with sleep. “They do not emerge in the daytime.”

She jerked her head around. “What? How did you…? Did I wake you?”

He smiled slowly, raising a hand to his makeshift bandage. “I needed to wake up. We should not spend all day sleeping when we should be traveling.”

Holly remembered Danica talking about her Dothvek hottie being able to sense what she was feeling and sometimes thinking. She’d assumed the empath thing was unique to his species, but maybe the Cresteks had it too, since they looked so similar. She’d have to be more careful with her thoughts, although she knew that was easier said than done. The moment she tried not to think about something, it was all she could think of.

T’Kar tilted his head at her. “You slept well.” It was a statement more than a question.

“Yeah, actually. I guess yesterday wore me out.” She eyed the flap of the tent and the bright sun peeking through the ties. “Are you sure you’re up to climbing sand dunes? We can always rest until you’re better.”

“And risk being on the sands another night?”

She swallowed hard. Another night meant another chance for them to encounter a sand serpent. “Maybe you’re right, but we can go slow.

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