Mortal Heat - The complete trilogy: A YANA urban fantasy romance by Laurel Night

Author:Laurel Night [Night, Laurel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-22T22:00:00+00:00

JAKOB STRIKES BACK

LUCY

When we reached the massive cave that concealed the crystalline ship, we joined a river of people filing toward the entrance. Most were in human form, and I noticed a large proportion were men of comparable age and appearance to Mick and Todd. This didn’t mean anything since they could change their appearance at will, but I was beginning to understand that most vimpiri preferred to assume an appearance similar to their vimpiri age. Mick and Todd were about a quarter of the way through a vimpiri life, so they were in their twenties as a human. They were all excessively attractive men in their twenties, and I couldn’t say I blamed them. If I could look however I chose, I would be a supermodel, too.

When they noticed Shaline, most stepped back and bowed their heads slightly, allowing her to pass. Her crystal crown glittered and sparkled in the refracted light of the glowing ship, and I gathered that they recognized her because of the crown. Whether it was also the psychic connection vimpiri had that Mick mentioned, I wasn’t sure. What I could tell was that as we entered the room, there was a ripple of reaction, and when their eyes set on Shaline’s crown they demonstrated the small gesture of deference.

We followed closely behind her, Mick still gripping my hand with his head high, and Todd and Emily behind us. I followed his lead and strode forward with intent. We passed into the ship, and the line continued, four abreast except for a bubble around Shaline and the four of us behind her. People ahead parted and allowed us through, pressing themselves against the hallway walls to make room. There were more vimpiri in their natural form on the ship, emerging from doors and side hallways as they traveled further into the ship. It made sense, as Mick had explained, that those who chose not to adopt a human form remained here. They lived underground on their home planet, in tunnels that protected them from the cold surface. Here the surface was temperate, but perhaps they just didn’t like it or preferred to be surrounded by the comforts of the familiar.

I had never traveled this far into the ship, so I wasn’t sure how far back it went into the cave. I could see doors sliding open, revealing tiny, unfurnished rooms full of standing vimpiri that I could only conclude were some kind of elevator. The massive crystal structure must have many floors, but we continued deeper into the wide hallway on the same level we entered.

After many more minutes of walking, I could see the people ahead were clearing a path that turned right instead of continuing down the hallway. They lined a curve, cutting across our path and angling us towards a doorway. Shaline followed the curve and passed through the door, and we stepped in behind her.

It was another room formed entirely from massive crystals, apparently grown into the desired shape. There were pinkish crystalline seats in long benches that curved ahead of us.

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