Worlds Apart by Tracy St. John

Author:Tracy St. John [John, Tracy St.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance
Goodreads: 38115568
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2018-05-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Nex was awakened the next morning by a throbbing tone that he felt as much as he heard. Someone was calling him. Whatever they wanted, he didn’t wish to be roused. He was snuggled in bed, curled behind the warm body of Anneliese. No, he did not want to budge one inch. He wanted to stay right where he was, forever.

He muttered into her hair, his voice sleep-choked and grouchy. The translator informed him the words he used could not be deciphered in the Earthling’s language, which was just as well. Anneliese was better off not having an inkling of the oaths he spoke in reaction to the rude awakening.

The system did interpret when he answered the call, along with Jape’s words. “I need you and Anneliese to meet me at the training grounds. I’ll be there in ten minutes.”

“I’ll be there in an hour,” Anneliese griped in an undertone.

“We’ll get there as soon as possible,” Nex answered Jape, who immediately clicked off.

Nex stretched. His yawn changed into a startled yelp when Anneliese turned over to smack him with a pillow. “Hey!”

“Some of us don’t move that fast when we first wake up. Especially on a world without coffee,” she grumbled. Before Nex could take revenge for the fluffy assault, she got up and headed to the lavatory.

He needn’t have worried. Anneliese had been a soldier too long to rouse with any substantial delay. She emerged from the bath facility with wide-awake eyes, ready to take on the day. She and Nex were flying in the dartwing eight minutes after Jape’s call.

They arrived at the training grounds before the ten-minute deadline, but Jape was already there. As they set down, Anneliese pulled off the protective helmet and asked Nex, “Are we early?”

Besides Jape and themselves, there were only two other people on the field that had been teeming with warriors the day before. Nex recognized the other two, older men respected by the inhabitants of Cas.

As they started toward the small waiting party, he told Anneliese, “No drills were scheduled today. Jape must have come up with something to protect you during battle. Those men are Keta, the armory guild master, and Giru of the weave guild.”

Nex’s stomachs knotted, but he kept his tone casual. Anneliese was a warrior. A skilled one. Maybe better than Nex, though he’d started training as a boy to defend his home village from the Monsuda and their drones. He still wished she would not fight their mutual enemy.

The best fighters sometimes lost battles. Nex feared for Anneliese, feared what could happen to her.

Jape’s greeting was quick and casual. “From my spirit to yours. We have found a solution to your soft-skin problem, Earthling.”

Anneliese snickered good-naturedly at his mocking tone. When Jape introduced her to the guild masters, she returned their salutations Risnarish-style, her palm to her chest. “From my spirit to yours,” she said respectfully, perhaps realizing she spoke to elders. Either that, or she was eager to not jeopardize any opportunity to fight.

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