“Not everything is as it seems when it comes to certain species,” they continued, startling me with how closely they echoed Honnor’s words. “Enjoy facing your greatest enemy, Zig-ee.”
I will.
With a curt nod, Leeloo star hopped away, and Ifeltthe shields surrounding Nuclei City start to dissipate, releasing us from this prison.
Thank fuck.
Micah slowly circled the table. “Give me Pedro.”
“What?” I snapped, still agitated over the confrontation and itching to be gone from this wretched planet.
“I can take care of Pedro,” he replied, oddly careful, “while you fly us out of here.”
I nodded and handed the creature to my mate. “Yes. Get them settled for our journey and then meet me in the cockpit.”
Micah abruptly looked away. “I-I actually think I’m gonna lie down. I’m not feeling so hot…”
I frowned, unleashing a few tendrils to determine if Leeloo's shields had somehow injured him, only to register…
Nothing.
“Very well,” I muttered, confused why I couldn’t get a read on my mate. “Then I will come meetyouin the bedroom once I’ve set a course for Lacertus.”
He swallowed thickly and nodded. “Okay…”
Something was wrong, but my first priority was getting the Lodger out of here before the Eki changed their mind.
It was a tense few minutes as we passed through the enormous hatch, and several more before Ekistron was nothing but a glowing white dot in the distance.
Good riddance.
I charted a path to Lacertusbefore switching to autopilot. It would take us at least until tomorrow to reach the planet, which meant I had plenty of time to attend to my stellar collision. With one last check on our coordinates, I star hopped to the bedroom.
At least, Iattemptedto.
I grunted as an invisible barrier blocked my path, tossing me to the gangway floor between the bedroom and kitchen instead of allowing me to reach my destination.
What in Stellaria‘s name…?
“Micah?“ I hesitantly called out. “Are you… Is everything all right?”
I could hear him shuffling closer on the other side of the bedroom door before silence fell. It stretched on so long, I almost repeated my question, but then he spoke.
“Pedro and I are gonna sleep in here tonight, Zig,” he replied in a flat tone. “Just let me know when we land.”
“Why are you suddenly interested in co-sleeping?” I asked, mystified as to whynowwas the time to try out a new parenting technique.
Micah sighed, loud enough that I could hear it. “If you really wanna know, I need some space for tonight, okay? I’m not happy with how things just went down out there.”
“With how Leeloo lied about their powers, you mean?” I huffed, annoyed all over again.
We should never have set foot on Ekistron.
The bedroom door slid open with a mechanical hiss to reveal my mate, but when I stepped forward, I hit his shields again.
“No, Zig,” he snapped. “With howyoujust cock-blocked any chance for me to level upmypowers.”
Excuse me?
