?
“Only thanks to Captain McNeil. He saved my life.”
“He’s good at that. He saved my life once, too.” He patted her shoulder. “Let me tell you about it.”
He stepped aside to allow Neeve to leave the building, one hand on the small of her back. For the first time in his life, Mac contemplated shooting a superior officer. He found his pack and stood for a moment among the bustling soldiers. What the hell was wrong with him? He’d never felt this possessive of a woman before in his life. It went far beyond anything civilized and seemed to originate in some primitive part of his brain that just knew about fucking, breathing and surviving.
“ Mac?”
Neeve was calling him and he wasn’t about to leave her alone with Kaiden Rostov. He shouldered his pack and went out into the secured yard. Snow blasted into his face at an acute angle and the wind almost knocked him off his feet. The lights of a shuttle door were almost impossible to see even though the thing was barely 300 meters away.
He slogged over to the shuttle and got onboard, dumping his bag in the nearest safety harness to keep it secured during flight. It wasn’t a large craft and could easily be piloted by the two of them. There were four small cabins, a communal eating and sitting area and some cargo space below.
Kaiden was already in the pilot’s seat, running the pre-flight checks and communicating with the shuttle’s computers and A. I. Mac studied the displays that were slowly powering up.
“Are you sure it’s okay to leave?”
“No, but I want to put some distance between Dr, Neeve and this research outpost. If it becomes too dangerous, I’ll set down and we can wait the storm out. It’s only a fifteen minute ride back to Nimbus.”
“Where is Dr. Neeve?”
“She’ll be out in a moment.” Kaiden glanced up at Mac. “Take the co-pilot seat. She can sit between us if she wishes, or crash in one of the cabins.”
“Yes sir.” Mac sat down and helped his commanding officer. He didn’t need to turn his head to know when Neeve joined them. Beside him, Kaiden stirred, his nostrils flaring as if he was inhaling something he liked.
“Strap yourself in, Doctor.” Kaiden said. “We’re about to take off.”
Mac returned his focus to the screens, relaying Kaiden’s instructions to the A. I. as the craft struggled to get airborne in the high winds. Eventually they managed it and Mac settled down for the bumpy ride.
“It’s no good.” Fifteen minutes later Kaiden frowned at the monitors. “We can’t get into the dock against this headwind. I’ve been around twice now.” He glanced at Mac and then back at the doctor. “We’ll have to put down at the emergency station at the end of the road to Nimbus and sit it out there.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Damn…” Neeve whispered.
“Is there something wrong, Doctor?”
Kaiden landed the craft with his usual skill and the retractable roof of the shelter immediately closed over them sealing them in from the worse of the elements. The shuttle whined as its engines cooled down and started to turn off.
“ Does he know about me?”
Mac removed his headset. “ Yes.”
“And he’s a telepath.”
He turned around. “ So ?”
“ We’re in a very small space .” She swallowed convulsively. Kaiden was looking from one of them to the other.
“ You want him, too?” Mac stood up.
“ I might.”
“At least you’re honest.”
“It’s not personal, you understand that. It’s just a cultural and biological characteristic of my race.”
“Sure.” He knew he had no right to be insulted. Wasn’t that the whole idea? He’d service her and she’d…fuck anything she could get her hands on.
She shoved her safety webbing to one side and shot to her feet. “ That’s not true! I didn’t know I was going to be trapped in a small place with two telepaths !”
“What’s going on, Captain?”
Deliberately blocking out Neeve, Mac answered his superior officer. “ Dr.
“Only thanks to Captain McNeil. He saved my life.”
“He’s good at that. He saved my life once, too.” He patted her shoulder. “Let me tell you about it.”
He stepped aside to allow Neeve to leave the building, one hand on the small of her back. For the first time in his life, Mac contemplated shooting a superior officer. He found his pack and stood for a moment among the bustling soldiers. What the hell was wrong with him? He’d never felt this possessive of a woman before in his life. It went far beyond anything civilized and seemed to originate in some primitive part of his brain that just knew about fucking, breathing and surviving.
“ Mac?”
Neeve was calling him and he wasn’t about to leave her alone with Kaiden Rostov. He shouldered his pack and went out into the secured yard. Snow blasted into his face at an acute angle and the wind almost knocked him off his feet. The lights of a shuttle door were almost impossible to see even though the thing was barely 300 meters away.
He slogged over to the shuttle and got onboard, dumping his bag in the nearest safety harness to keep it secured during flight. It wasn’t a large craft and could easily be piloted by the two of them. There were four small cabins, a communal eating and sitting area and some cargo space below.
Kaiden was already in the pilot’s seat, running the pre-flight checks and communicating with the shuttle’s computers and A. I. Mac studied the displays that were slowly powering up.
“Are you sure it’s okay to leave?”
“No, but I want to put some distance between Dr, Neeve and this research outpost. If it becomes too dangerous, I’ll set down and we can wait the storm out. It’s only a fifteen minute ride back to Nimbus.”
“Where is Dr. Neeve?”
“She’ll be out in a moment.” Kaiden glanced up at Mac. “Take the co-pilot seat. She can sit between us if she wishes, or crash in one of the cabins.”
“Yes sir.” Mac sat down and helped his commanding officer. He didn’t need to turn his head to know when Neeve joined them. Beside him, Kaiden stirred, his nostrils flaring as if he was inhaling something he liked.
“Strap yourself in, Doctor.” Kaiden said. “We’re about to take off.”
Mac returned his focus to the screens, relaying Kaiden’s instructions to the A. I. as the craft struggled to get airborne in the high winds. Eventually they managed it and Mac settled down for the bumpy ride.
“It’s no good.” Fifteen minutes later Kaiden frowned at the monitors. “We can’t get into the dock against this headwind. I’ve been around twice now.” He glanced at Mac and then back at the doctor. “We’ll have to put down at the emergency station at the end of the road to Nimbus and sit it out there.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Damn…” Neeve whispered.
“Is there something wrong, Doctor?”
Kaiden landed the craft with his usual skill and the retractable roof of the shelter immediately closed over them sealing them in from the worse of the elements. The shuttle whined as its engines cooled down and started to turn off.
“ Does he know about me?”
Mac removed his headset. “ Yes.”
“And he’s a telepath.”
He turned around. “ So ?”
“ We’re in a very small space .” She swallowed convulsively. Kaiden was looking from one of them to the other.
“ You want him, too?” Mac stood up.
“ I might.”
“At least you’re honest.”
“It’s not personal, you understand that. It’s just a cultural and biological characteristic of my race.”
“Sure.” He knew he had no right to be insulted. Wasn’t that the whole idea? He’d service her and she’d…fuck anything she could get her hands on.
She shoved her safety webbing to one side and shot to her feet. “ That’s not true! I didn’t know I was going to be trapped in a small place with two telepaths !”
“What’s going on, Captain?”
Deliberately blocking out Neeve, Mac answered his superior officer. “ Dr.
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