Diffraction by Jess Anastasi

Author:Jess Anastasi [Anastasi, Jess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Entangled; Select Otherworld; Jess Anastasi; Atrophy; doctor-patient relationship; forbidden love affair; sci-fi; scifi; SF; romance; space opera; space; ship; aliens; shapeshifter, Science Fiction
Amazon: B01N0QA0KB
Goodreads: 31295795
Publisher: Entangled: Select Otherworld
Published: 2017-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Varean had to wonder about the crew of the Imojenna. When they’d treated him like crap and had him locked in the bottom of the ship, he hadn’t cared about anyone except Kira, because she’d been the only one willing to stand up for him.

But since they’d had to abandon ship, he’d learned some mighty interesting tidbits. Added to the few snatches of things people had said in front of him since he’d been dragged half-conscious from the Swift Brion, he’d become more than a little intrigued with the disparate group of people Sherron had collected.

First, there was Kira. From early on, it’d been clear she was a highly skilled, well-trained doctor, so it made no sense for her to be living on the fringes of society aboard a decommissioned war supply ship for what he guessed was very little money.

There were only a handful of scenarios that would see a doctor banned from practicing medicine in the central systems, and none of them painted her in a good light. But he’d meant every word—whatever had happened, he refused to believe she’d done anything wrong. It seemed more likely someone had either blamed her for something that hadn’t been her fault, or she’d done something in the best interest of her patient, which resulted in the same thing.

Then there was Rian. From what he could glean, most of the guy’s problems stemmed from a bad run-in with the Reidar. Now, the captain not only had the authorities after him, but the aliens as well. Talk about living life on the edge. By all rights, it was probably amazing the guy was still breathing.

Next came Callan, because the gorilla was a universal-class forger and made sure the fugitive crew of the Imojenna could blatantly go wherever their wanted hearts desired without fear of being identified. He’d been surprised the security specialist—or whatever title the guy used—knew how to work anything that didn’t involve ammo, a charge pack, or a blade.

Varean hadn’t worked out whether Zahli or Lianna had any kind of shady pasts, but there was definitely a story behind Tannin’s spot on the crew. Hacker extraordinaire who’d been disowned by one of Barasa’s most prominent, wealthy families and now engaged to marry Rian’s sister. The guy must have had one giant pair to even think about touching Major Captain Rian Sherron’s baby sister, let alone enter into any kind of relationship with her. Varean had to hand it to the guy, he must be one steely sonuvabitch, if he was willing to take Rian as family.

Speaking of Tannin, he was the reason they were flying in an aerocar above the fanciest neighborhood he’d ever seen. No simple houses here. Not even any large family residences. Every single dwelling on this street was a mansion, the kind of palatial living reserved for less than one percent of the population.

The car lowered to the street, entering the parking lot of a public garden with a playground filled with under-school-age children and adults who were more than likely their nannies.

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