Bestial by Sarah Winters

Author:Sarah Winters [Sarah Winters]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah Winters
Published: 2022-10-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Baron stood outside the bridge’s door, blockaded against entry. To his left, Kessia knelt beside the door, its control panel off as she worked on it. She’d done something to the computer in the engine room, using it to set the lighting system on some sort of delayed shutdown. While she had done that, he’d gone back into the storage room and rifled through their attackers’ clothes for any other weapons. He’d secured two knives and a few more guns, along with a strange assortment of small sticks that Kessia had informed him were credit banks. He’d left the credit sticks in the map room and convinced Kessia to take two of the guns, wanting her to be armed in case he failed in this endeavour.

Kessia glanced down at a small handheld tablet she had set on the floor beside her and drew in a deep breath. “Two minutes and counting. Are you sure you want to do this? We can come up with a different plan.”

Amusement trickled through Baron as he met her worried gaze. “This plan is fine. Do not fear.”

“I’m not afraid.” She lied, turning her attention back to the door panel she was working on.

If nothing else, he found her bravado charming. His fingers shifted on the grips of his weapons, knives in his upper hands and guns in his lower hands. In two minutes, the lighting system for the entire ship would shut down, affording him complete darkness to hunt his prey. Kessia was set to cycle the door lock system, allowing him a moment to race inside, and then she would escape back to the map room to await his return. It may not be the safest place, but it would at least afford her the ability to see anyone who managed to escape the bridge.

“Okay, it’s almost time.” Kessia tucked the tablet under her arm and looked up at him, her features drawn with anxiety. “Are you sure about this?”

“Yes. We will do this and take the ship for our own.” His hard demeanour faded as he gave her a soft smile. “Trust I will return soon.”

He watched her take a deep bracing breath, her eyes closing briefly as if to steady her resolve, and then the lights went out. They were plunged into darkness and Baron blinked, the membrane that altered his vision covering his eyes. Instead of Kessia’s soft features, she became a glowing mass of vibrant colours. Heat radiated from her, creating an aura around her form, and sparks of life glinted among the swirl in time with the beat of her singular heart. He wished to reach out and stroke her unusually soft cheek, wanting to see how that intelligent mind of hers lit up at the contact, but refused to give up his grip on his weapons.

There would be time in the future. He would make sure of it.

“Now.” He commanded quietly.

He saw her deft fingers moving in the dark, touching wires to chips in a bright burst of power.

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