Ka'Cit's Haven (Riv’s Sanctuary #3)

“How dare you. You have the nerve to deny me!” She took a step back, glaring at him before something clicked. “Raxu…” she murmured. “I can’t believe it. Don’t tell me you’ve…you’ve bonded with the hoo-man?”

Ka’Cit stiffened but he didn’t respond.

He watched as Herza’s gaze became enraged and her smile became wicked.

“No wonder they caught you so easily. No wonder you deny ever being in the hoo-man’s presence.” She scoffed. “You dare choose that thing over this.” She motioned to herself.

Ka’Cit’s gaze moved with disinterest down her body before he met her eyes once more.

“Yes.”

That only seemed to enrage her some more and she stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

With a deep breath, Ka’Cit allowed his shoulders to sag.

Pissing her off probably hadn’t been the best idea but he couldn’t help it.

Even now, her touch was making his skin crawl.

It wasn’t her hands or her body he wanted against his.

He wanted Nee-ya.

But that wasn’t ever going to happen so he settled for the memories instead.

And it was those memories that were going to help him to get through this.

He just had to find a way to get them off her tail…and his.

* * *

Nia walked through the Exchange, her gaze hard, her steps sure.

The blaster she carried hung in plain sight in one hand and she didn’t know if that was the reason nobody seemed to get in her way or if it was the deadly look in her eyes…

Probably.

Or maybe it was a combination of those things and the mask.

She’d found the mask in one of the metal piles as she’d hurried back to the hover car.

It wasn’t the one Ka’Cit had been wearing when they’d been together, this one was a little rusted, but it served her purpose anyway.

Dressed in her trainers, trousers, and brown tunic, she didn’t think she looked particularly threatening, but add the mask and blaster, and suddenly beings were double taking and moving out of her way.

Or maybe it was the focus in her gaze as she headed toward her destination.

She saw no one but the path and purpose before her.

She just had to hope she wasn’t too late.

The gator-guard had told her where to go—a place called the Scintex—and she was very aware that it might be a trap.

She had no way to verify if what he said was true but there was one thing she was sure of.

The guard wanted her captured…and he thought she was weak.

He didn’t think she’d be able to put up a fight even if she ended up reaching Ka’Cit.