Twisting Souls by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Sweet Romance
ISBN: 9781487409043
Publisher: Devine Destinies
Published: 2016-10-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“So, why do you have to use the jump halo? I have heard that there are folks who can link with the ship.”

“I am not one of them.” Jex chuckled as he adjusted the halo.

“Oh. Right.” She sat with her knees drawn up, and she watched as he confirmed their destination before he triggered the jump.

She didn’t even shiver as they passed through the two linked points in space. The jump moved around her and the ship pulled her along. She didn’t have to do a thing.

Jex pulled the halo off and rubbed his head. “How are you after that?”

“Good. Jumps don’t bother us.”

“Us?”

“The Backers. We were watched on the way to Balen. We seem suited to space travel.”

“Well, that is a good thing. My kind is not. It has taken years of practice to get me behind the controls and even longer before the travel stopped making me ill.”

She stared at him for a few moments.

He finally asked, “Did you have a question?”

“Yes. Why are you being so familiar with me? I mean, the folk at the Base and Citadel have been friendly, but you are speaking to me as if we have known each other for years.”

Jex blinked slowly. “I know that our talents are complementary, I find you attractive, I have felt that you find me attractive, and so, I was attempting to rush through the initial stages of contact before we arrive at our destination.”

“Why?”

“Because we are going deep underground and your life will depend on me and mine on you. If you were a Guardsman, we would have trained at the base, but you aren’t, so we didn’t.”

She blinked. “No, I meant why do you find me attractive?”

His surprised grin made her blush. “You radiate with psychic energy, but it is completely contained. You glow in my sight.”

“Oh. Thanks for the explanation.”

“It is my pleasure. Each species has different keys that tell them when they have found the perfect mate. For the K’taff, we look for brightness. You are a solar blaze.”

He turned back to the controls, and she noted the fine braids that were nearly invisible against the pale waves of his elbow-length hair. His smoke-grey skin was smooth, and the tremendous width of his shoulders made her stomach flip. With him staring at the controls, she was able to take him in and watch his long, elegant fingers as he worked at the instrument panel.

“Berron is your family name?”

She could see his lips quirk in a smile as he put in the Selloki 5 coordinates.

“It is.”

“Do they like that you have joined the Sector Guard?”

He glanced at her in surprise. “Of course. It was a matter of pride to have a talent in the family.”

“Oh. Are you the only one?”

“I am. How many talents were there in your family?”

She shrugged. “Everybody has one. The entire population. No surprises there.”

“If everyone has a talent, why were you made a Backer?”

Aymin wrinkled her nose and looked at the view screen. “I don’t know. We

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