Sabin and Davion clasped arms, then the couple left.
“Damn the Kantos to hell.” Finley kicked her workbench.
“We’ll get Kaira and Thane back. For now, we have to focus on the positives. The StarStorm is operational.”
“I can’t celebrate knowing that the Kantos have Kaira and Thane.” Finley spun away. “Now that the StarStorm is working, I need to focus on detection. We need to figure out a way to stop the small Kantos teams from sneaking onto Earth.”
He moved to her and pushed her hair back. “I know that you’ll come up with something.” He paused. “The Rengard is due to leave tomorrow.”
Her stomach clenched, like she’d been punched. “You’re leaving.” Pain stole her breath. She had to be strong. She stared at his chest, blinking back tears.
There was already a hole growing inside her.
“Finley. Finley, look at me.”
She did. He touched her cheek, wiping away a tear. Then he gripped her waist and lifted her onto the bench. “I’m not leaving.”
“Sabin—” She tried to sort through her feelings. “You’re an Eon warrior. How can you stay?”
He gripped her chin. “Because you’re my mate. I don’t ever want to be without you.”
She kissed him, grabbing his shoulders.
“You’re mine, Finley Delgado.” He bit her bottom lip. “Now and forever.”
“I love you, Sabin. To me, you’re perfect. You’re my everything.”
He smiled. “Earlier, I spoke with King Gayel.”
Finley swallowed.
“I’ve been assigned as an Eon ambassador to Earth.”
She blinked. “What?”
“I’ll work closely with Space Corps. I’ll also work closely with my mate to assist her on her projects. I can help upgrade your weapons. And you and I can be together every day.”
“Sabin.” Love burst through her. “Won’t you miss your warship?”
“Maybe. And perhaps one day, we might spend time aboard the Rengard. I’d like to take you to meet my family.” His hands sank into her hair. “There will be lots of opportunities, and as long as we’re together, I’m happy.”
“Me, too.”
They kissed again and he slid a hand down her body. “You know, I had a few fantasies about you in this lab.”
“Really?” She leaned back, basking in the glow of his love. “Why don’t you show me?”
He leaned over her. “It will be my pleasure, my sweet Terran mate.”
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Preview: Gladiator
Just another day at the office.
Harper Adams pulled herself along the outside of the space station module. She could hear her quiet breathing inside her spacesuit, and she easily pulled her weightless body along the slick, white surface of the module. She stopped to check a security panel, ensuring all the systems were running smoothly.
Check. Same as it had been yesterday, and the day before that. But Harper never ever let herself forget that they were six hundred million kilometers away from Earth. That meant they were dependent only on themselves. She tapped some buttons on the security panel before closing the reinforced plastic cover. She liked to dot all her Is and cross all her Ts. She never left anything to chance.
She grabbed the handholds and started pulling herself up over the cylindrical pod to check the panels on the other side. Glancing back behind herself, she caught a beautiful view of the planet below.
Harper stopped and made herself take it all in. The orange, white, and cream bands of Jupiter could take your breath away. Today, she could even see the famous superstorm of the Great Red Spot. She’d been on the Fortuna Research Station for almost eighteen months. That meant, despite the amazing view, she really didn’t see it anymore.
She turned her head and looked down the length of the space station. At the end was the giant circular donut that housed the main living quarters and offices. The main ring rotated to provide artificial gravity for the residents. Lying off the center of the ring was the long cylinder of the research facility, and off that cylinder were several modules that housed various scientific labs and storage. At the far end of the station was the docking area for the supply ships that came from Earth every few months.
“Lieutenant Adams? Have you finished those checks?”
Harper heard the calm voice of her fellow space marine and boss, Captain Samantha Santos, through the comm system in her helmet.
“Almost done,” Harper answered.
“Take a good look at the botany module. The computer’s showing some strange energy spikes, but the scientists in there said everything looks fine. Must be a system malfunction.”
Which meant the geek squad engineers were going to have to come in and do some maintenance. “On it.”
Harper swung her body around, and went feet-first down the other side of the module. She knew the rest of the security team—all made up of United Nations Space Marines—would be running similar checks on the other modules across the station. They had a great team to ensure the safety of the hundreds of scientists aboard the station. There was also a dedicated team of engineers that kept the guts of the station running.
She passed a large, solid window into the module, and could see various scientists floating around benches filled with all kinds of plants. They all wore matching gray jumpsuits accented with bright-blue at the collars, that indicated science team. There was a vast mix of scientists and disciplines aboard—biologists, botanists, chemists, astronomers, physicists, medical experts, and the list went on. All of them were conducting experiments, and some were searching for alien life beyond the edge of the solar system. It seemed like every other week, more probes were being sent out to hunt for radio signals or collect samples.
Since humans had perfected large solar sails as a way to safely and quickly propel spacecraft, getting around the solar system had become a lot easier. With radiation pressure exerted by sunlight onto the mirrored sails, they could travel from Earth to Fortuna Station orbiting Jupiter in just a few months. And many of the scientists aboard the station were looking beyond the solar system, planning manned expeditions farther and farther away. Harper wasn’t sure they were quite ready for that.
She quickly checked the adjacent control panel. Among all the green lights, she spotted one that was blinking red, and she frowned. They definitely had a problem with the locking system on the exterior door at the end of the module. She activated the small propulsion pack on her spacesuit, and circled around the module. She slowed down as she passed the large, round exterior door at the end of the cylindrical module.