The Hostage in Hiding by Rampant Loon Press

Author:Rampant Loon Press
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rampant Loon Press

I pushed through the mental barrier that surrounded every mind I’d ever entered, and found myself back inside the pirate’s head. Just like normal. Or new normal, since popping in and out of people’s heads was something I’d only been doing for a day.

Or was it two?

I realized I had no idea how much time had passed since the Pegasus entered the wormhole that changed my life. Before that, a psychic ability was something I dreamed of having, and pirates were just rogues—lovable ones, most of the time—in adventure stories. And here I was, just a short time later, using my strange version of Dad’s empathic ability to enter the mind of a real pirate, one who had nothing in common with the ones in stories. All so I could keep my bodyguards from getting themselves killed to avenge my death. Well, supposed death, since that was just a ruse to get the new pirate captain off my back long enough for Dad to get my message, mobilize the Ark’s Landing Navy, track me down with his empathic ability, and save the day.

No wonder I’ve been so tired lately.

Anyway, back to the pirate’s mind. His was filled with the filth I expected from this bunch of psychopaths who captured the Pegasus. Sparks of lust flashed through his mind nonstop. It’s like the guy couldn’t look at a woman without imagining having his way with her.

Were all guys like this pirate? Surely not, right? I mean, after twenty years of marriage, Dad still only had eyes for Mom. My brother Eric didn’t make a drooling fool of himself whenever my friends came over for a visit. And I already knew the pirates were a bunch of sickos. So most guys were probably fine. For the sake of my future dating life, I sure hoped I was right.

I’d let my mind wander, so yanked my attention back to the pirate’s emotional landscape. It was just as barren of warm, human emotions as all the other pirate minds had been. I dodged the sparks of lust as best I could and shuddered at the visions carried by the ones I couldn’t avoid. Flashes of greed hit me now and then, too, but there weren’t as many of those as I’d expected. Maybe that was because the pirate had women all around him and the money he expected to get for the passengers wasn’t in his hand yet?

Whatever. I wasn’t inside the guy’s head to figure out what drove his depraved desires. I was here to get him to go to Conley and Barber.

If I was a telepath, I could probably just give him a direct order to go to my bodyguards. But I’m an empath. How could I do that just by using the guy’s emotions?

I had to try something, so I ordered, It sure would be fun to taunt the dead rich girl’s bodyguards. Laugh at them for completely failing at their job. Yeah, that would be the funniest thing ever. I bet it will scare the rest of the passengers, too, and that will make them easier to handle.

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