Page 49 of Stealing Jia

“Can you explain how you overloaded the Rodan ship’s warp drive?” The anger in Trayon’s eyes was a little frightening.

Merda. He would have to ask that.

“We did not. The idiot Rodan did,”Chiara answered.

“How?”

“They shooted at us,” LeeLee exclaimed.

I suppressed a groan. “I guess the moron forgot that discharging a laser pistol in engineering was a really bad idea.”

Trayon stared at the scorch marks on my battle suit.

“With the webbing wrapped around his face, he was firing blindly,” I added hurriedly.

Trayon leaned down until his nose touched mine. “I am your mate. The next time you come up with another foolish idea, you will present it to me first. Is that clear?”

Foolish?“My plan worked, and besides, I didn’t want to bother you while you were busy fighting off the Rodan.”

“It does not matter what I am doing. You will not leave this ship without my approval. The Rodan could have captured all of you. Psychic brains are a delicacy to them.”

“I know that, but they didn’t come close to capturing us.”

“Only by the grace of the Goddess,”Trayon growled, sitting back down in the command chair. “Get off my mate Bey.”

“Where is LooLoo?”Bey demanded as he dropped to the floor.

“She’s guarding Cason.”

“Another Jones is the last thing this universe needs,” Bey grumbled.

LeeLee hopped onto Bey’s back. “Me hungry.”

“You are always hungry.”He crawled away with LeeLee riding him like a big dog.

Zarek appeared on the main view screen and in perfect Askole said, “You need to curb your mate’s reckless streak before it gets her killed.”

“My reckless streak just saved your ass,” I retorted.

The Overlord’s gaze fixed on me. “Did it?”

Trayon’s hand clamped around the back of my neck. “Not another word.”

“Yes, tesoro.”I knew he wasn’t happy with my spur of the moment decision, but I had been winging it for most of my life.

Trayon turned his attention to Zarek.“My mate’s actions destroyed seven battle cruisers the Rodan can ill afford to lose. High Commander Sariel has located their base on a moon circling Denebola.”

I stared at Trayon in surprise. Not only had he stood up for me, but he had adopted Cason, one of his sworn enemy to please me. At that moment, I knew I loved him.

“My fleet of warbirds has arrived at Proxima Centauri,” Zarek said. The vid link broke.

The communications officer stated, “Damage reports are coming in, Commander.”

Trayon nodded. “Launch a drone to check for survivors.”

“Launching now.”

“What can I do to help?”

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