Ruwen: Mated to the Alien by Kate Rudolph & Starr Huntress

Author:Kate Rudolph & Starr Huntress [Rudolph, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-12-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The blast did a number on the ship. Ru spent a few hours trying to determine the extent of the damage after they made it through the gate, but after scanning all of the obvious systems, the only conclusion he had was that it was too early to tell. When he was certain that they weren’t being pursued and the auto-pilot would last for at least a few hours, he took the time to get some actual rest.

Lis made herself scarce, though he wasn’t quite sure why. If it weren’t for her, he would be dead. Untrained though her technique was, she’d laid down enough fire to combat an entire army, not merely one blast from a Polan defense satellite.

When he woke the next morning, her door was closed and a quick consult with the ship’s computer let him know that she was still asleep in her room. Ru didn’t try to wake her. She’d had a big scare the day before and no doubt needed a rest.

Instead, he started to fix his ship. The work consumed him and before he knew it, his muscles were sore from holding awkward positions for hours, and he was entirely surrounded by hundreds of feet of colorful wire.

No one system had been completely taken out by the blast, but the only things that hadn’t been affected in some way were the life support and cloaking systems.

Navigation had been nearly fried to a crisp and if he hadn’t known the coordinates for Honora station by heart, they would have been lost in empty space. Few ships jumped through the Polan gate, and they were floating in one of the least populated shipping lanes in the entire galaxy.

Ru knew that they wouldn’t see another ship until they hit the next gate. And with the fried systems and nearly nonfunctional navigation computer, their trip had just gained a few days. He’d hoped to be at Honora station by the end of the week. Now, that wasn’t going to happen. They couldn’t fly at top speed, and he would need to watch the flight computer with a keen eye to make sure they stayed on course.

But he had friends on Honora. They’d be able to repair his ship. Or take it off his hands, if Lis decided to leave him.

No, he wouldn’t think of that.

A noise in the kitchen caught his ear. He disentangled himself from the wires and cords and stood up, taking just a moment to stretch. He exited the cockpit, leaving the door open behind him, to find Lis standing before the food processor and drawing on the input screen.

He stood in the doorway, one arm resting casually on the ceiling of the ship, and just looked at her. She already seemed so at home on his ship and in his life. Her hair was pulled back and secured with a torn piece of cloth. It was messy and comfortable and so damn homey that for a moment, Ru was struck by a feeling of longing for something he’d never had before.

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