Double Down by Susan Hayes

Author:Susan Hayes [Hayes, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Scroll Publications Ltd
Published: 2016-07-12T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Luke stood at the portal and watched as the Sun Sprite docked. He should be back at the club serving drinks and waiting for his brother and Zura to come to him. That would have been the smart choice. It was the option that didn’t make him look like a smitten fool who couldn’t wait to see his girl again. Of course, he could claim that it was Kit he was waiting to see, but that was only slightly less pathetic.

The truth was that he’d missed both of them more than he’d expected to. Oh, they had been in contact daily, but it wasn’t the same thing as having his brother at his side or having Zura sandwiched between them while they slept. Being out of contact with Kit had affected him in ways he hadn’t expected either. On some level, he had always been aware of his twin’s presence, even if it was only the subconscious registration of Kit’s bio-signs. Without even that faint reminder of his brother, Luke had felt completely alone. It gave him a deeper understanding of what Cyn must have gone through when she had lost her twin.

In the early years, the constant chatter from their batch siblings, other cyborgs, and command channels had been enough to make them all a little mad. Then they’d gone into battle, and he’d had to listen as, one by one, his friends and surrogate family had been injured or died. He didn’t have to rely on his recordings of those terrible moments to remember them. He relived them in his nightmares.

Since Kit left, the nightmares had returned. Not as bad as they’d once been, but being alone had triggered thoughts of Luke’s greatest fear, having to be alone, without Kit, or Cyn, or anyone he loved. By the time he’d sensed the return of Kit’s bio-signs, he’d realized there was someone else he didn’t want to live without. Zura. Just the thought of having her back in his arms soothed him in a way nothing else ever could.

Kit appeared through the door first and broke into a grin as soon as he spotted Luke. “It’s good to be home again. Hell, I even missed your annoying presence.”

“I missed you too. Mostly because with you gone I had more work to do. I swear half the quadrant heard you were away and decided that meant it was a free-for-all at the bar.”

Kit frowned. “My club better be in one piece.”

“Our club is fine. The customers who were dumb enough to cause trouble are all in medical or already off the station.”

“Which one of our people put someone in medical? We should probably give them a raise.”

Luke grinned. “Cyn and Owen. Those two are terrifying when they team up. The idiot who was hassling Teenie the other night came back, and he brought friends. Cyn spotted him on the security feed and came down to deal with it herself. We might need to consider letting her out of her office more often; she’s mean when she’s stuck doing paperwork too many days in a row.

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