Ka'Cit's Haven - Page 199

“Not before I show you how much you mean to me one more time.”

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Nia leaned against him as the autopilot took the hover car across the plain.

He was absentmindedly twisting a finger in her locks as he looked down at her.

There was a silly smile on her face, which he was sure his own face mirrored.

This was what bliss felt like.

It was a feeling he didn’t want to end.

Dipping his head, he inhaled her scent as he looked out over the plain.

The main structure of his farm was coming up ahead and as they approached, he stiffened underneath her.

There was a dark shuttle hovering over his land, one that was a specific make only a certain subsection of beings used.

The Tasqals.

They’d sent more Hedgeruds to his residence.

His arms closed around Nee-ya as he sat upright.

“They’re here,” he said.

That’s when she lifted her head in confusion and then alarm filled her gaze.

“Maybe they found the bodies in that club…” She glanced at him before reaching for the blaster she’d carried.

Up to this point, it had been lying on the floor of the hover car untouched.

“But they can’t do anything, right? I’m registered now.”

“That doesn’t stop them from trying.” Disengaging the autopilot, he took control of the vehicle and brought it to a stop outside the barrier to his home.

Nee-ya made to exit the vehicle when his hand rested on her shoulder, causing her to pause.

“Let me.”

She opened her mouth as if to protest but didn’t.

Maybe it was the look in his eyes. He didn’t know, but he was phekking tired of dealing with the Hedgeruds.

Time for them to go and leave him the phek alone.

The blaster slipped from her fingers as he took it from her and hopped from the vehicle.

By now, the Hedgeruds had noticed his arrival and the ones on the ground drew their weapons.

Three of them. Probably more in the vessel.

“He has the hoo-man!”

“Get her and kill him. We don’t need him anymore.”

Ka’Cit sighed and raised his hands, letting the blaster dangle from his fingertips.