Corsairs: Kaspar (Corsair Brothers 2) - Page 13

I give my aching bulge one last adjustment and then head over to the escape pod's tiny, ineffectual control panel. "You get dressed. I'll see what I can find out. Look at the bright side, the inukni worms won't be necessary."

"Small blessing, but I'll take it," Alice murmurs.

10

ALICE

We're heading for a planet.

Despite the fact that Kaspar said it was most likely not a planet, it seems that a planet is exactly where we're headed. Our pod zooms merrily along through space, and as we do, a large, green and blue globe gets bigger and bigger in the window, eventually becoming so big that it's obvious that we're not headed for another ship after all. I'm relieved. As I hastily dressed, I worried that we were going to be picked up by the lady pirate once more, and this time we have no gun to trade. If not the lady pirate, then more slavers, or something equally awful.

I'd rather eat the inukni worm than end up flat on my back again.

With the immediate approach of the planet, there's no time to discuss our “situation.” It seems wildly inopportune to bring up the fact that he's now seen me naked and I've seen him with his hands all over his dick. His very large, very hard dick that glinted with just a hint of metal.

Not that I was looking. Because I wasn't. I'm not interested. Kaspar's been nice to me and if I'm lonely and stressed and taking the edge off by touching myself in the shower, it has nothing to do with wanting him. Yes, he has a nice smile, and yes, he keeps me safe and yes, if I was into aliens, I'd be into him, but it doesn't mean anything. It just means I'm frightened and clinging to whatever looks like sanity. It's like Stockholm syndrome, I tell myself. Just like.

So I get dressed in my cast-off and refitted alien clothing. I put my shoes on and make my bed, because it doesn't feel right to leave the pod a mess, and then I stare out the window as the green portion of that green-and-blue planet gets bigger and bigger. Our pod keeps making tiny course corrections—nothing like the big surge when I was in the shower, because I guess humiliating me is only a once-a-day thing—and we veer away from the water and closer and closer to what looks like an enormous spread of green. There's a faint ring and two moons around the planet that tells me this is not Earth, no matter how much my aching heart might like the idea of magically landing back there.

I glance over at Kaspar, who's feeling along the walls of the escape pod for reasons unknown. "Do you recognize this place?"

"I'm not familiar with much of V'tarrian space, sorry." He glances over my head and looks out the window. "Looks uninhabited if you ask me."

It looked that way to me, too, but I was hoping he was wrong. "I thought our pod was supposed to send us to the nearest inhabited place? Like a space station?" I cross my arms over my chest. "Not that I'm not grateful to be landing, of course, but this seems kinda counter-intuitive to the whole “rescue” reason we got shipped out." I look out the window again. "How is anyone going to find us out here?"

He grins over at me, showing none of the concern that's eating me up. "Just think of this as an adventure, Alice."

"I don't like adventure," I say stubbornly, feeling more than a little alarmed. "I am very much anti-adventure. I dropped out of Girl Scouts because it felt too dangerous. You have the wrong girl if you think I'm into roughing it in the wild."

"That's why you have me," he says. "I'll do all the adventuring. You can just sit back and watch."

Something tells me that's not going to be the case. I clench my jaw, not wanting to argue. He's the expert about this kind of thing, right? The man that carries a pocketful of parasites for “just in case.” He's a space pirate used to crazy situations. If anyone can get us out of this, it's him. I shouldn't worry.

I shouldn't.

Except…worrying is kinda my thing. It's what I do best, and frankly, I'm not sure that Kaspar is worried enough. I glance over at him, but he only gives me another wide smile as if that will solve everything and goes back to poking and prodding at the pod. I don't feel better about the situation.

"Hospitable planet found," the escape pod tells us in a cheerful voice. "Please secure all valuables for atmospheric breach."

I glance over at Kaspar. "You're not going to grab me again, are you?"

He laughs, shaking his head, and that floppy lock of hair lands over one eye. "Nope. But you should belt in. It's gonna be a bumpy ride."

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