Her Daddy and Her Master (Twenty-Fourth Century Daddies Book 1) by Katie Douglas

Author:Katie Douglas [Douglas, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2017-01-06T05:00:00+00:00

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Basil decided the ship was much quieter without Laila’s inquisitive voice. As he and Flin landed on the planet surface—having bribed the customs officials to bypass the space station—he worried that his little girl was being left on her own in the ship. While Flin was making preparations to disembark, Basil went down to see Laila in the cargo cage.

“Hey, little lady, how are you doing?”

She looked up from Where’s Spot? and her face broke out into a grin.

“I’m okay now I’m used to it, Daddy; just a bit squinchy.”

“Squinchy?”

“You know, like scared and wriggly at the same time.”

“Shouldn’t that be ‘scriggly’ then?”

“No, silly! Scriggly is sexy wriggly.” She had a word for everything, Basil thought with pride. It was interesting that the Speakeasy chips didn’t translate her made-up words. Not that he really knew how the chips worked.

“Okay, well, we’ve landed on Pombos. I’m going to put the sheet over your cage now. This is a blaster gun. If anyone gets in and takes your sheet off, and it’s not Flin or myself, you point this end at them and press this button here. Just be aware it might injure them, so be sure you want to use it. I’ve locked the settings so it can’t kill anyone.”

He passed the gun to her through the cage. He’d had some serious reservations about giving her a blaster, but Flin was adamant that she needed to be able to keep herself safe. The cage was unopenable and stuck to the floor of the cargo bay, but it was still a cage, and people could shoot her while she was inside it. It was very unlikely, in Basil’s view.

He put the sheet over her and went to find Flin.

“You ready?” Flin asked, and Basil nodded. “She okay?”

Basil nodded again. He had a lump in his throat about leaving Laila in a cage, even if it was for her own protection, and he didn’t trust himself to talk.

They both left through the air lock.

The landing strip was thick concrete surrounded by temporary-looking buildings. They were parked beside a very expensive-looking ship that had, in true Pombos style, been copper-plated. The metal gargoyles around the outside made the whole thing look somewhat ridiculous.

“Someone’s got cash to burn,” Flin remarked.

“I’m surprised they even bought into off-world technology.” Basil knew how resolute Pombos was that steam power was the future.

“Porter! Porter! There is a most unsightly object parked beside our vessel!” a stuffy male voice bellowed. “Have it removed before we return next week. It is an eyesore!”

“Hey! That’s my ship you’re—mff… mff…” Basil’s response was muffled as Flin put his hand over Basil’s mouth.

“We’re supposed to be inconspicuous,” Flin muttered. Basil nodded. It was starting to become a habit that Flin was right.

“We’ll be gone before the week is through, anyway.” Basil planned to be gone by the end of the day if he could help it.

Walking out of the ship landing area, they were immediately presented with a dismal landscape. Pombos was

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