Variant: A science fiction thriller (The Predictive: Deep Space Fringe Wars Book 2) by L.V. Lane

Author:L.V. Lane [Lane, L.V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Three Spires
Published: 2021-06-05T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

Eva

IT WAS EARLY morning and blowing a gale outside my tent. It made a change from rain, I supposed, and presented new and interesting difficulties since the camp was now being pelted by leaves, twigs, and branches of every conceivable size. On a positive note, the birds, which could normally screech up a storm at this time of day, were blessedly silent.

Being on my own had never bothered me before the Brent incident. It bothered me now. So I took it as a blessing in many ways that Landon had stayed the night with me. We hadn’t slept much. There had been a lot of intimacy, and little talking.

I was glad there was only a little talking. I wasn’t ready to reveal things yet. And besides, this was yet too tentative to know what it meant. I was hopeful though, that my prediction was finally coming to bear.

“Damn, I’m so hungry I could gnaw my own arm off,” Landon said.

I squealed when his teeth sank into my arm.

“Don’t squeal like that,” he said. “It’s early. I’d like to get out of here without the whole camp knowing about it.”

“It’s already daylight.” I pushed Landon away and inspected my arm critically in the poor light.

“Some enthusiastic colonist—probably Marik—will be up and about, I guarantee it.” He sighed when I continued to study my arm. Turning away, he rummaged about in his shell armor lying beside the pallet bed. When he turned back, there was a slim, gray field-use medical scanner in his hand. He tapped the screen, and light illuminated my skin. “See, not even a hint of damage, apart from where your fingers are poking and pulling it about.”

Okay, maybe I’d overreacted.

“A confirmation that you’re not about to press assault charges from the chatty version of you would be nice about now,” he continued.

I blew out a puff of breath. “Who am I going to report you to?”

He grinned. “Good point.” Catching hold of my arm, he proceeded to fake gnaw it.

Biting back another squeal of laughter, I tried to push him off. Given he was twice my weight and a large percent of it was muscle, it didn’t get me very far. I wasn’t ready for this playful version of him. He continued on to other areas while making the fake gnawing noises.

“Landon!”

We both froze at the muffled call from outside the tent.

Landon lifted his head. Quietly cursed and then called, “Marik, I’ll be out in five minutes.”

I clamped my hand over my mouth to smother my laugh. Knowing Marik, he had probably just won a bet.

Landon pulled my hand away from my mouth and kissed me before snatching up his clothes. “I better go, because I really am ravenous.”

As he dressed, I rummaged in my meager store before presenting him with an energy bar.

He raised an eyebrow and grimaced. “Did you steal this?”

“I consider it payback for making me work in the stores.” My usual tendency to imperiousness had been suppressed in my quest for an elusive future prediction, and it was a pleasure to let a little of it back out.

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