Two Against the Stars by Veronica Scott

Author:Veronica Scott [Veronica Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 35832896
Publisher: No Publisher
Published: 2017-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

Morning sun warm on his face woke him and Marcus rolled onto his back, opening his eyes and studying the roughhewn planks of the cabin’s ceiling. Cautiously at first and then with more energy, he did his isometric muscles, testing each major group of sinew and fiber and finding himself strong, without aches or pains. His mind was clear and sharp, no hint of the drug’s stupor. And no hint of the tainted residue the Mawreg prison had left on his soul. He possessed jumbled memories of the last twenty four hours—a montage of Mawreg and other aliens, him driving a groundcar, pain, danger, wild colors mixing in the air like spilled antigrav paint—but mostly what he remembered with no difficulty was Carialle. Her touch, her songs, her fierce determination—all those threads wove through his memory and he understood he owed her his life twice over now.

Sitting up, he looked at the rumpled bed and wondered where she was. He threw off the heavy quilt and got up. He heard Carialle singing outside and his heart beat faster with impatience and longing to see her. Walking barefoot toward the main cabin, he stubbed a toe on a small obstacle and bent to retrieve his grandfather’s pipe. Unsure what the memento was doing in the bedroom doorway, on the floor, he made a side trip to replace it on the table, inhaling the scented and spicy aroma of Gramps’ special tobacco mix. Who’d have imagined the scent would linger all these years?

The front door was open and he shook his head ruefully at Carialle’s complete lack of situational awareness. Lucky she has me. There would be no more moments where she had to take on the burden of defending them. Defense as well as offense if needed was his job and as he was returned to full strength, he intended to fulfill his obligation.

As he stepped barefoot onto the porch, he halted in sheer amazement, speculating with unaccustomed whimsy whether he’d gone through a portal to another world. A thick carpet of riotous multicolored flowers bloomed overnight between the cabin and the lake, with large iridescent flying insects of a type he’d never seen before gathering nectar. Carialle was standing at the edge of the water, one hand palm down on the bark of a huge tree beside her, and she was singing the most beautiful song he’d ever heard. The melody was unearthly and sublime and her voice did full justice to the ripples and trills of the complicated score. Above her a flock of virtually every kind of bird on the planet swirled, singing along with their own music, augmenting the joy of hers. As he waded through the knee high flowers, he caught glimpses of various shy woodland creatures at the edges of the meadow, watching Carialle sing. Even his presence didn’t scare them off, for which he was glad.

I feel like I wandered into a fantasy trideo.

Her voice was the golden thread tying the incredible experience together and his heart beat faster as he walked closer.

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