Ka'Cit's Haven (Riv’s Sanctuary #3)

Huh?

Oh yeah, she forgot.

She was showing her teeth.

“No challenge.” She shook her head, hoping he would get her meaning. “I’m just happy.”

She turned her grin into a smile so her teeth were no longer showing.

Ka’Cit blinked underneath his mask but still seemed a little confused.

“Just happy,” she repeated.

Strange she should get such pleasure from shooting bullets into live beings.

But they’d planned to rape her so…they deserved it.

Between Ka’Cit’s blasts and hers, they hadn’t killed any of the henchmen anyway. They’d simply wounded them.

Ka’Cit was still staring at her with a strange look in his eyes, though.

Like her, he had his back pressed against the crate, but the way he was looking at her…

Like a predator that had just seen its prey.

Maybe it was the effect of the mask…the fact she could only see his eyes and nothing else?

Or maybe not.

She wasn’t quite sure.

And what was mad about it? She wasn’t scared.

Instead of the instinctual fear she should feel when someone dangerous was looking at her as if she was prey, his gaze made something thrilling go down her spine.

Nia released a breath and forced herself to focus. This little “excursion” was getting to her head.

“Think it’s safe to go out there?” she whispered.

Ka’Cit blinked and she had to motion behind her, gesturing to the rest of the hold.

It took him a while to pull his gaze from her and he finally looked upward, his eyes searching the roof of the ship.

She didn’t know what he was looking for but the fact there was still that tension about him, she knew they weren’t out of danger yet.

She’d lost count at how many of the maniacs they’d shot down but there had been a lot.

There could be more of them hiding.

“Herza,” he finally said.

Nia stiffened. She’d forgotten about the boss.

Now her own gaze searched above. Seeing nothing of note, she peeked around the side of the crate.

All she saw were the writhing bodies of the aliens. Some were crawling away but, still, none reached for their guns to continue the fight.

She guessed they weren’t as loyal to Herza as she’d thought.