Ka'Cit's Haven (Riv’s Sanctuary #3)

Geblit would never tolerate such a thing.

“Well…” Ka’Cit began. His voice sounded so different, she had to glance up at him.

It was harder. Icier. More powerful.

More…deadly.

As if it was coming from a man who did not feel, not the man who’d held her against him just moments before.

“I-I…uh…” The mechanic glanced behind him but even though she was sure she’d seen a few aliens on the floor when Ka’Cit was taking the ship in, there seemed to be no one in the station apart from them now.

She even caught someone ducking behind one of the ships in the bays.

Ka’Cit made a sound in his throat and stepped forward.

He loomed over the Torian and the alien seemed to cower.

“Your ship needs servicing, Crusher?”

Crusher?

She could swear she saw Ka’Cit stiffen.

“The engines are out. Have them fixed, at least enough to get us to the surface.”

The Torian glanced her way before his eyes darted back to Ka’Cit. “Th-that will be m-many credits…f-far more than this model is worth…”

“Just fix it.” Ka’Cit’s growl of annoyance made the alien shiver and even when she stepped forward to stand beside Ka’Cit the alien’s sole focus remained on the man by her side.

“Y-yes. Anything you want, Crusher,” he said before he began to hurry away.

“Torian.”

At Ka’Cit’s voice, the alien paused mid-motion. “Y-yes?”

“Does this station have food…drink?”

“Y-yes. In the main lounge. You and your…”

“My mate,” Ka’Cit growled and the alien’s four eyes widened.

“Your mate?” The words came out with some surprise but as if remembering himself, the alien hurried to continue. “Er, right, you and your mate are welcome.”

Ka’Cit placed a hand at her back then and began guiding her through from the bay toward a large set of double metal doors.

She couldn’t help but look behind them as they walked and more than once she spotted the head of an alien or two dodging behind some of the ships parked there.

Were they hiding?

As soon as they went through the double doors, Ka’Cit pushed a button in the wall and the floor began moving upward.

It was a lift.

“Why did the alien seem so…wary of you?”

Again, she was sure Ka’Cit stiffened.

“That, ta’ii, is a long story.”