Future Prospect by Lynn Rae

Author:Lynn Rae [Rae, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2014-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

One moment she’d been worried about the network module, the construction, the arrivals, the entire benighted schedule, and the next moment Colan Nestor had leaned over and kissed her. Despite enjoying several erotic fantasies the past couple of nights, which started exactly that way, Lia was still shocked when it happened. She’d been immobile for a half a breath; until a powerful throb of hot desire pushed her right back at him as she’d molded her mouth to his with a surprisingly desperate reach.

Just recalling it now as she walked away from him made her tighten with heat and excitement. She was too conscientious to ignore the systems engineer’s request for help. Her body had overheated too fast, and a latent sense of self-preservation had bounced her away from Colan and his mesmerizing mouth the way a magnet repelled its opposite. She told herself those were two good reasons she left him back in the terminal and rushing across the common area to find Tully in the new barracks.

As she approached the open doors of the building and the reception area just inside them, Lia regretted how she’d fled from him. A recollection of how good he’d made her feel in just those few seconds was enough to make her pause on the doorstep and glance back at the unfinished terminal, wishing she was still inside with him, his hands on her body, and his mouth on her shivering skin. No, involvement with Colan Nestor was a terrible idea. Turning back to her work, her responsibilities, and her distractions, she watched the wall ahead of her bulge and shatter into flakes. An unseen force slammed into her and threw her into the air simultaneously, and an overwhelming roar burst her ears. It all went black, and she was gone.

* * * *

It wasn’t really a building any more. Colan stared for a moment at the broken cube in front of him, a yawning bite torn from the middle as if a monster had tasted it and spit it back out because of the bad flavor. Smoke curled from the injury while shredded clumps of synthboard poked in terrible angles from what had once been the clean façade of the new settlers’ temporary home. Rushing forward, Colan stepped over twisted chairs and broken doors to approach the center of the damage. He could see a few dazed people beginning to move, their clothes shredded and flapping as they stumbled.

He could smell an awful combination of burned resin and chemicals as he stared at the destruction. Lia had been heading this way when it had gone up. She wasn’t among the few citizens trailing out of the building or arriving from elsewhere. Moving aside debris, Colan searched the muddy ground, horror at what happened and fear of what he might discover filling him in an icy wave. Zashi appeared at his side like a shadow.

“I think Lia was out here.” Colan managed to say before he returned to pulling up shreds of synthboard and disemboweled cushions.

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