Sarai by Jarli Grey

Author:Jarli Grey [Grey, Jarli]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946379573
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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ALEKYN WAS AS GOOD as his word. Two days later, after some intense discussions with his pardmates, he bundled Jamie up in a heavy cloak, masking his face and form, and sat him in a vehicle like a hovercraft, albeit one that was far more maneuverable than the human equivalent. Like a dragonfly, it hovered and then darted upwards and along. At first Jamie’s felt a bit queasy but once he’d gotten used to it, he’d begged Alekyn to let him fly it.

To his outrage, Alekyn had laughed and shook his head dismissively, even though Jamie had insisted he’d paddock-bashed cars and trucks on his family’s farm since he was ten years old. He could drive just about anything and so could Matt and Theo. He gave up arguing after a couple of hours, and silently, morosely, studied how Alekyn handled the flyer. Eventually his Naferi captors would forget to watch him closely and then he’d seize the day. His earlier fantasy of flying a space shuttle returned. Yeah, right, steal one of these flying things, find a space port, steal a space shuttle and then, bazam! home to Earth.

Yeah, because that wasn’t at all unlikely, was it?

The first trip to the centre of Altas, the city the pard called home, raised a few issues. Once Alekyn landed the flyer, he unstrapped Jamie and helped him out of his seat. Seriously — did he think Jamie was some sort of girl?

Yeah, he did. His sarai. His significant other. Something fragile, someone who had to be looked after. Jamie bit his tongue and said nothing, even though his masculine pride was taking a beating.

Before Jamie had time to orient himself and look around, Alekyn grabbed his hands and swiftly carabineer-clipped the bands together.

“Come, sarai,” Alekyn put his hand under Jamie’s elbow, guiding him forward. Jamie dug his heels in, outraged.

“No way,” he snarled, hitting Alekyn’s hand away. “I’m not going anywhere like this!”

“Like what?”

“Manacled like a criminal.” He pulled fruitlessly at the bands, but they wouldn’t separate. “Shit! Take them off me now!”

Alekyn shook his head. “No.”

White with rage, Jamie stared at him. “Take them off,” he said slowly and clearly, fury acid-etching his words.

“Come, sarai,” Alekyn repeated implacably and reached for him once more. “You wanted to see something of your new home, and so here we are. Tig and I decided people have to know you belong to our clan. That’s why the bands are necessary —”

“It’s not necessary to chain them together, you big, possessive oaf.”

Alekyn’s eyes almost crossed with anger and for a moment Jamie felt intimidated. He stood his ground, though, glaring back as ferociously as he could. After a second Alekyn muttered something under his breath and shook him slightly.

“Did you not promise to behave if I took you into the city?” he growled. “Does your word mean so little to you?”

“You didn’t tell me you were going to drag me around like a prisoner!” Jamie felt his face burning. “This is awful. Why don’t you just chuck me into a jail and have done with it?”

“Stop performing, sarai.

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