Page 98 of Time Forged

Dallas slapped him on his back.“I don’t think she needs rescuing, what with the full might of Etteria behind her.”

Cy returned, shifted the chair to within an inch from hers, and sat.“We will be staying longer than expected.”

“Oh?”she asked, tossing a smile at the waitress when she slid their order onto the table.

Malo’s Dar Eth was taken.Cy flicked off a dollop of cream and popped it into his mouth, sweeping his tongue across his finger to do so.

Her breath hitched.The world shrank.

She cleared her throat and fanned her flushed hand with the plastic napkin.“With what you told me about him, I pity the kidnappers.”

Cy smirked.Indeed.When he met Pierce’s gaze, he said, “And I will kill again if anyone threatens mywife.”

Dallas choked on a slurp of iced coffee while Pierce found the ships outside fascinating.

“Etterians have preternatural hearing,” she said, hiding her smile behind her cup.

“Wren Marie Turner, you better start explaining yourself.”

At that cultured voice parting the customers like Moses himself had arrived at Demeter, Wren winced.

“Shit,” she whispered.“Who called my mom?”