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first and knew
nothing of your people. Ethan came next, and he brought with him a
book that your father had created, which can only be opened by you
or your sisters. It’s how I knew where to find you. Your father’s
intention had been to recruit us to find you and bring you home,
and he couldn’t have found a more willing group. Once we heard the
Kayadon were involved, we were in.”
    “ You’ve fought those
monsters before?”
    “ No, those were the first
Kayadon I’d had the pleasure of killing. Thought they’d be
tougher.” He hesitated. “The Kayadon destroyed my…family.” He
didn’t want to distress her further by suggesting that her own
planet could destroyed as his was.
    “ I see. So, you’re out for
revenge.” It wasn’t a question.
    “ Precisely.”
    “ I can understand that.”
She slowly exhaled. “So, where do we go from here? You have a
craft, or something, don’t you?”
    “ Unfortunately, my trip
here was a one way shot. My shuttle nearly ran out of fuel about a
million miles back. I was lucky to coast in and use small bursts to
adjust my trajectory. We’d probably be able to get back into space,
but unless Marada is close, we’d be stuck drifting.”
    “ And where is Marada ?”
    “ They stayed behind to find
your sister, Nadua, as well as one of our crew who’d been captured
during the initial search for her. I was sent ahead because Ethan
found an inscription in the book that suggested you were in
immediate trouble.” He spread his hands out. “So, here I
am.”
    She went quiet, contemplating his words.
“Well, thank you…and sorry for shooting you the other day.”
    “ No harm done. I heal fast.
Should have known better than to sneak up on a tipsy Faieara.
Though I can’t say I regret it.”
    She tried to hide a grin and changed the
subject. “So, where’s your shuttle now?”
    “ I landed it north of here,
deep in some forest land.”
    “ Okay, I have a cabin
upstate. You said we should get out of the city, so we can head up
there in the morning. It’s about a three hour drive.” Nervously,
she checked her phone. “We’ll have to stop by Zoey’s
first.”
    Cale’s eyes followed her as she moved across
the room to a small closet. When she came back, she handed him a
blanket and pillow.
    Stepping back, Kyra asked, “Do you need
anything else?”
    Cale stood. “You mind if I use your shower?”
He shrugged out of his shirt, managing to keep his hat in place,
and balled it up in his fist, giving it a good whiff.
    “ Uh…” was all she could get
out—the man was cut. He had the kind of physique for which athletes
would trade their souls.
    He pointed toward the bathroom, unaware that
her mind was drifting into the gutter. “In there, right? Do you
mind?”
    “ Uh.”
    A sexy grin spread across his face. “Want to
join me?”
    That snapped her out of it. “No!” She
flushed. She’d always been a sucker for a six-pack, but no one
alive could look at him and not get turned on. It was a statistical
impossibility.
    His smile widened, and he exuded the kind of
confidence reserved for rock stars.
    “ Oh, you’re trouble,” she
grumbled and went to grab a clean towel for him. Thrusting it at
his chest, she snatched his shirt. “I’ll throw this in the
wash.”
    She ignored the wicked glint in his eyes as
he closed the bathroom door. A few seconds later, she heard the
hiss of the shower spray and her mind conjured an image of water
hitting his body. She groaned, shaking her head. They couldn’t have
sent a less attractive male?
    She crossed to her cramped laundry room, but
before depositing his shirt in the washer, her curiosity got the
better of her and she sniffed it. It was definitely a masculine
odor, and a primitive part of her brain could appreciate the scent,
but the sensitive nerves in her nose told her he’d probably been
wearing it for a week straight.
    “ Extra soap,” she mumbled.
With a twist of a nob, the washing machine grumbled to