Ka'Cit's Haven (Riv’s Sanctuary #3)

Fuck.

Ka’Cit was across the room and she saw when his own weapon stopped working and he threw it to the side.

His gaze searched and locked on her just as he pulled his two blasters from his hip.

“The ship!” he shouted. “Head for the ship.”

Her heart thudded against her chest.

The ship was across the bay and she was on the other side.

She’d have to dash out in the open to get to it, but she wasn’t worried about that.

She wasn’t going to just leave him to fight a war that was hers.

Nia had to think fast.

She needed a gun.

Backtracking, she ran toward the Hedgerud she’d killed and grabbed his weapon and just in time too.

Heat burned next to her ear and Nia’s eyes widened at the spot in the ship next to her that suddenly had a hole the size of a golf ball in it.

That was close.

Her gaze rose just as she lifted the blaster.

It was different from the one she had just been using but it worked the same.

The Hedgerud firing at her aimed again and she didn’t think.

Her muscles worked on their own.

The trigger pressed and a bright orange blast shot from the gun, scorching the floor beneath her.

Fuck.

This one was even more powerful than the last blaster.

But she’d marvel over it later.

The guard who’d almost killed her dropped to the ground, his body burnt to a crisp and Nia almost lost her stomach’s contents.

Turning her gaze away, she heaved as she tried to settle her stomach.

That’s when movement to her side caught her gaze.

She raised her blaster, aimed, and froze.

Ka’Cit put his hands up, his eyes wide.

“I got them. Phek,” he muttered before his shoulders shook with a chuckle. “Second time you raise a blaster against me.”

Nia’s shoulders sagged and she lowered her weapon with a small laugh. “Sorry.”

“We don’t have much time. We have to go.”

Nia nodded and followed behind him as he spun and headed across the hold. He moved fast though she was able to keep up, but they were heading to their ship, she realized.