The Topper Collection by Donna McDonald

Author:Donna McDonald [McDonald, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Donna McDonald

Stark veered to the left of his destination, crouching low and running the last five hundred feet. Chanting a few words, he hoped the cloaking gift Icela had given him worked here on Earth as well as it did on Glacier. He needed the element of surprise and a good deal of luck that his one weapon would suffice to defeat whoever was trying to stop them from returning safely.

Now that he was close enough to see his target more clearly, Stark saw a figure dressed in Glacieran ice field clothing. The suit literally covered him from head to toe. The person—male or female, he couldn’t determine yet—had even pulled the face protector into place. Obviously, it was someone not used to battling frigid temperatures. The Alaskan cold was mild compared to the temperatures in the ice fields.

Ducking behind a small strand of trees, the only landscape big enough to hide him, Stark could now see the person held a Glacieran Sound Blaster in his hands. The avalanche of snow suddenly made perfect sense. At full power, the blaster could send out an earthquake-like wave of sound creating a near sonic vibration in the process. That same level of power aimed at him could decimate his unshielded body, instantly breaking every bone and rupturing all organs. Even dialed down to the lowest setting the weapon possessed, it could still render him unconscious… and therefore of no use in protecting his mate.

Stark looked around, scanning for anything in the environment that might prove useful in distracting the person. He needed to get closer to take an accurate enough laser blaster shot capable of penetrating all that protective clothing. He’d barely stepped away to look further when the tree he’d been hiding behind exploded. Pieces of it went flying in all directions. How it kept from hitting him was unexplainable.

“Come out in the open, Coward. I want to look you in the eyes.”

The voice was definitely male. And the greater weapon was not something his small laser could fight. Any positive outcome required him to get a lot closer.

Not having any choice except to obey the male taunting him, Stark tucked his small laser blaster in the back of his pants, concealing it under the jacket Topper had insisted he wear. He walked out into plain view afterward, hands raised to show his concession to the male’s demands.

“Coward seems a bit unfair since I have no weapons capable of fighting yours,” Stark told his masked attacker. “What honor is there in killing someone who cannot defend himself?”

“I’m not looking for honor. I have all the honor I need,” the voice behind the mask sneered. “What I don’t have is a mate because of you. I would be doing two planets a great service by ending your female-stealing life.”

Stark kept his hands in the air as he stared. The man was obviously delusional, or had him confused with someone else. Mental illness was not common on Glacier, but it did occasionally happen.

“Did I

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