Enslaved by a Rebel by McLeod Anitra Lynn

Author:McLeod, Anitra Lynn [McLeod, Anitra Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction, Siren-BookStrand, Inc.
ISBN: 9781622422890
Publisher: Siren-BookStrand
Published: 2012-11-03T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“Why do we have to go back to Krase?” Jarrett was sitting on the bed watching Ranic pace back and forth. Since neither one of them had much of anything, they were able to pack in about five minutes. Ranic was wearing his wedding suit, the jacket of which flowed away from his chest when he walked. Despite his agitation, he looked beautiful in the purple suit. To Jarrett, Ranic looked a little bit like Yul Brynner in The King and I.

“I don’t know. The message from the auction house didn’t say. Only that I had to return you.”

“Wait, what?” Jarrett had missed that part. Since the droid was meant for Ranic, and he leapt out of Jarrett’s arms and practically ran toward it, Jarrett hadn’t been able to hear everything it said by the time he caught up. “I thought it said we had to return to the auction house?”

“Yes. Well, we do, but it was clear I had to bring you with me.”

Jarrett’s mind was racing. “They can’t take me away from you. I mean, you bought me fair and square. Besides, we’re married now, so—” He cut himself off because he had no idea if he had any rights at all. Technically, Ranic still owned him.

“I’m not going to leave you.” Ranic stopped striding across the floor and came to sit beside Jarrett on the bed. “They can’t part us since neither one of us broke any laws.”

“Right.” Jarrett considered. “Or have you?”

“What do you mean?”

“Your world doesn’t deal in slaves. What if they want to arrest you?”

“The laws of the slave sale are governed by the world the sale was made on, which means it falls under Krase law. Finoc—the council of Finoc—could only reprimand me if I tried to take you there, which I wouldn’t. They simply wouldn’t let you onto the planet and that would be the end of things.” Ranic lifted his hand and kissed it, just like Jarrett did to him when he wanted to reassure him. “I don’t know what’s going on, but we have to return. They gave us passage so…”

“Maybe it’s not a bad thing.” Jarrett wanted to stay positive, but his gut was telling him that a slave seller didn’t demand his customer and his product return unless there was something gravely wrong. “It might be good news.”

“Perhaps.” Ranic looked down at the floor then flashed surreptitious looks around their bedroom.

“What?” Jarrett leaned close. He knew that look. That was the expression of a man who had law breaking on his mind.

“What if we don’t go?”

“You mean run for it?”

“Yes. We could take the passage they sent, go halfway, sell the rest of the passage, and then…” Ranic’s voice trailed off and it was clear he hadn’t thought his plan out beyond that.

“Where would we go?”

“To your Earth.”

Jarrett considered. “Could we get passage there? I mean, it’s not like humanity has an open-door policy with aliens.”

Ranic frowned. “Wait. You mean Earth was not conquered?”

“Not that I’m aware of.

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