Survivor by Debbie Cassidy

Author:Debbie Cassidy [Cassidy, Debbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

Anxiety thrummed beneath my skin, and my gaze kept flicking to the lift. The food smelled divine, but there was no way I was touching anything until Vex, Lore, and Xavier were here.

What if Braker had been too late?

What if his minions had already carried out his orders?

Tide sat beside me, his body tense, ready to fight. The cybornex were completely relaxed, though, eating, drinking, laughing, and then Braker’s door opened and he sauntered in.

“Your friends are here,” he said.

The lift opened, and Vex strode in. His shirt sleeve was torn, and his knuckles were grazed. Lore and Xavier entered behind him, looking like they’d just stepped out of a tussle.

My heart leaped into my mouth as Vex’s gaze zeroed in on me, and then we were both bridging the distance between us. He swept me up and held me tight, his face buried in the crook of my shoulder.

I breathed him in, smoke and sweat and him.

“Hey, leave some for the rest of us,” Xavier drawled his usual line.

Vex ignored him, tucking me into his side and fixing his gaze on Tide. “Are you fucking insane? What were you thinking bringing her to a place like this? After all she went through on Vesper. You want her to relive that shit?”

Tide stared levelly at him. “Trust me, it wasn’t an easy call. But we were out of options.”

“We could have figured it out,” Vex bit out.

His body was vibrating with the need to do violence. I placed a hand on his chest.

“This was my idea.” I looked up at him, into his amethyst eyes. “Tide and Lore lost their jobs. The enforcers were coming. We were out of time. We had to do something. This prize money can save us all.”

I gave him the facts. Simple and short. He pressed his lips together, the rage in his eyes dimming a little. Vex was protective when it came to me, but he was also a man of logic and cunning. It’s why he’d survived on Vesper for so long, it’s how he’d succeeded in saving me from Marick.

“Hate to say it,” Xavier said. “But she’s right, Vex.” He looked to Tide. “The enforcers came looking for us at the dump. We got out just in time.”

Tide nodded at Xavier’s statement but didn’t take his eyes off Vex. “Are we good?”

Vex’s arm tightened around me. “Yeah…Yeah. We’re good. But who the fuck are you?” His gaze trailed over Braker’s guys and his body seemed to expand, ready to counter whatever was thrown at him.

“We mean you no harm,” Larcen said evenly.

“Is that why you sent men to kill us?” Xavier asked dryly. “Funny way of extending an invitation.”

Larcen had the grace to wince. “We had reason to believe you were planning on hurting the human female.”

“Your Athion government likes to experiment on one-percenters,” Jaron said wryly. “And The trads use them for breeding. See where I’m coming from?”

“You were protecting Rogue.” The heat went out of Vex’s tone and the grip on me eased a little.

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