The Demon's Change by Donna McDonald

Author:Donna McDonald [McDonald, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal, Science Fiction, Romance, Space Opera
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Goodreads: 19453447
Publisher: Donna McDonald
Published: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

After a restless night where none of them slept well, the appearance of their captain accompanied by a group of armed soldiers sent the entire village into a frenzy. Karr thought it was a stroke of good luck that they had all eaten at the tavern before Synar arrived.

The four of them walked to greet their captain.

Glancing back over his shoulder instinctively, Karr saw Dayena had come outside to watch as well. His regretful glance had her stiffening. The thought of what she must now be thinking about his friendliness almost made him ill. She probably thought he had been deceiving her all along.

Boca noticed his tightening lips. “I told you to be friendly, not to get attached to her opinion of you.”

Karr snorted and glared down at the warrior female who had sniffled and wept for her mate most of night. He hadn’t been asleep. He had just pretended to be to spare her pride.

“How are your eyes feeling after all that weeping over the Greggor you said you didn’t miss?”

Boca’s glare back at him actually made Karr feel better. It at least took his mind off his guilty conscience.

Synar stepped away from the Norblade warriors and strode forward to meet his crew. “Find out anything?”

“Yes. All technology fails here,” Ji said stiffly, still irritated from having spent the night trying to sleep in a chair.

Seta glared at the male whose staring had made it nearly impossible for her to get any rest last night. “Ignore him. I don’t care what the device is saying. I know she is here.”

“Here’s some news for you. I-eeta escaped. If she is here, she is definitely not anyone’s prisoner. She’s just in hiding,” Synar said. “We’re going to round up everything that breathes and looks like it might be over forty Earth years old. And then we’re going to test them.”

“Test them? How? There’s no way to conduct a conclusive blood test here. Are we taking prisoners?” Boca said.

“If necessary,” Synar said. “We’ll seek cooperation first. You’re awfully quiet, Ensign.”

“I have nothing to report, Captain,” Karr said.

Synar nodded, his gaze scanning the space now filling with people. He raised his voice. “I need to speak to the village elders or whoever you acknowledge as leader here. No one is going to be harmed or taken into custody just yet. We’re merely looking for someone. When we find her, you all can go back to your business without incident.”

Karr glanced back to the tavern and saw Dayena put a hand to her throat before dashing inside. She could just be scared, he thought.

Or she could be preparing to run.

Shades of Kellnor. This was his first mission and he was going to screw up just because of his crazy urges and worry about an old female.

“Captain? I’m speaking up now. Permission to check a situation at the tavern,” Karr demanded.

Synar took one look at Karr’s face and ordered “Go.”

First intuition in mission newbies was often sharper than all the careful research he could conduct.

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