NoFear by Jaid Black

Author:Jaid Black
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing Inc.
Published: 2013-05-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Meanwhile, back in Sand City…

“No way…” Marty gawked at her sister-in-law, shocked. She could feel the anger building up, threatening to erupt. “Are you serious? Why didn’t you tell us this before?” she bit out.

Kyra rubbed her temples and sighed. “Because I wasn’t sure. Because I wasn’t one hundred percent, absolutely certain until Geris sent me a holo-call.” She lowered her voice and strolled briskly toward Marty and Giselle. “Ger’s pretty upset. Both of her daughters are missing, yet Dak refuses to allow her to accompany him to go and find them.” She snorted. “Because as is usually the case around here where females are involved, he thinks she’d be more of a hindrance to finding Jana and Dari than a help.”

“Why am I just not surprised?” Marty’s hand balled into a fist at her side. “My lying pig of a husband told me he was going on a mission of peace and goodwill to the planet Meridian,” she seethed. “I can’t believe I ever fell for it!”

“Bloody hell.” Giselle shook her head. “And to think I’d believed Rem when he told me he was leaving with his brothers to go holo-dicing for a fortnight.” Her lips pinched together in a frown. “He doesn’t even like holo-dicing!”

Kyra closed her eyes briefly and took a deep breath. “It gets worse,” she murmured.

Marty and Giselle exchanged a curious look before regarding Kyra. They both thought it odd when the Empress began to nibble at her lower lip and pace back and forth. “Worse?” Giselle cautiously inquired. “Precisely how?”

But it was as if the Empress hadn’t heard the question for her pacing picked up to the point of appearing frantic. “Kyra?” Marty said softly. “What’s going on?”

She turned to face them then, her pacing brought to an abrupt standstill. Her eyes looked wild—and worried. “I think,” Kyra said quietly, her hands twisting nervously back and forth in front of her, “I think that the woman who helped the girls escape was…”

When she didn’t appear as though she was going to finish her sentence, Marty threw a hand toward her. “Was what?” she asked. “Kyra…what is going on?”

“I think…” Kyra took a deep breath and expelled it. “I think the woman who helped the girls escape is my sister Kara,” she whispered.

“Bloody hell.” Giselle shook her head slightly, uncertain what to say in the way of comfort. Unfortunately not much could be said. All three women understood the ways of Tryston enough to realize what was likely to come of the situation.

Marty nodded grimly. “And you fear Zor will have her sent to the gulch pits if he catches her?”

“Uh huh.” Kyra clutched her stomach, looking as though she might vomit. “He can be so fucking rigid. What if it doesn’t matter to him that Kara’s my flesh and blood? What if the only thing he cares about,” she murmured, her gaze far away, “is getting his vengeance on the woman who helped our daughter to escape Tryston, and Cam?” She shook her head.

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