Wanted By The Werewolf Prince: a paranormal space adventure fantasy romance (Space Shifters Chronicles Book 1) by Kara Lockharte

Author:Kara Lockharte [Lockharte, Kara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Smartia Publishing
Published: 2017-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

There are few things more frightening than a pack of kids running silently, with fear in their eyes. The smallest one, so young I couldn’t tell if the child was a she or a he, ran directly to Ral and clung to his leg. Ral knelt down and gave the child a hug. A small face turned and I saw huge frightened eyes. To my surprise, the kid spoke in heavily accented Standard, rather than Tigerese. “They’re here to take us back?”

Ral looked at me.

“Outer screens on,” I ordered the ship.

Windows flickered onto existence on the walls.

We were surrounded by what look liked an entire platoon of tigers.

I clenched my fists. “Holefuck me to eternity and back. How did they find us?”

Princess Seria exited her room at that moment. She saw what was on the screens. “Those colors. These aren’t the soldiers that imprisoned us in the Teeth. They’re the colors of Kai’s House.”

Ral looked at Seria. “You never told me that he was of House Stargazer.”

“I didn’t even know myself until recently. Why? Is it important?”

“It could be.”

The platoon surrounded our landing pad. No weapons were aimed, but the intent was clear on our little decrepit ship missing an outer hull, filled mostly with kids.

A single helmed solitary soldier stepped out of formation, heading toward our open bay doors. She removed her helm.

“It’s Kai’s sister,” said Seria in surprise.

“I’ll deal with this,” said Ral.

I hooked his arm. He looked at me in surprise. “I’m supposed to keep you all safe,” I said.

He gave me an adorably amused smile that made me want to kick him. “Of course, Captain. But I thought that the tigers aren’t supposed to know about the Coalition’s involvement."

I grabbed my exo-armor and let it unfold over me. I’d have to deal with blackbox tampering later. I tapped into the console on my forearm and removed all Coalition insignias from the outer armor. “I can’t let you go out there without protection. Red, I want all weapons hot.”

“Captain?”

I heard her unspoken question. Any discharge could potentially punch a hole in the airlock shell that protected us from space, potentially sucking everyone out. Those of us with exo-armor would survive, but those without…

“You heard me, Red. We’re all dead if the tigers really want a fight. Keep the kids inside the ship, Anduin.”

He nodded and as I marched out beside Ral I heard Anduin say, “Hey kids, look at what I can do!” I wondered who was in more trouble, the kids or the merc.

Ral stepped forward, offering his weaponless hand in First Earth fashion. “Prince Ral of House Nightclaw.”

The woman took Ral’s hand. “I know who you are, Your Royal Highness, Prince Ral Kshk Lan Nightclaw, Duke of Caarane, Earl of the Black Islands, Baron Searich, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Aurora.”

Ral was unfazed. “You’ve done your homework, Your Grace, Duchess Kanona Ni Qian Stargazer, Countess of the Red Moon, Baroness of Jianguson, Royal Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of Starlight,”

The duchess only smiled in response.

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