No way.
Karuk put his arm around her. “You are my mate.”
“As his mate, you are now part of Vorjan House, and under our protection.”
“Is that a good thing?” Jenny asked, looking at Karuk.
He nodded. “It is.” He pulled her close and gave her a hug. “Do you want to go to space? Like really go to space?”
She grinned. “You bet I do.”
“Good. Because that’s our next stop.”
“Sir, we need to get out of here. There’s a crowd appearing.”
Falkin nodded. “Come on you two. We need to get off this planet. The locals are getting curious. We have broken a few treaties being here.”
“One thing,” Karuk said. “Can you reach their data web on the planet?”
“Sure,” Falkin said.
“Good, we need to erase some data.”
“Well,I’m not sure when I’ll be back,” Jenny said to Brooklyn on the space station. “We’re going back to Karuk’s world. He’s got some issues at home he’s gotta take care of.”
Brooklyn shook her head. “I can’t believe it.”
“What?” Jenny asked.
“You, off to a whole other planet in a whole other system in a whole other part of the galaxy. That’s like the most amazing thing. I kind of want to sneak off with you.”
“I don’t know what the rules are about that, but it would be fine with me to bring you along.”
Brooklyn waved her hand. “I probably should stay. At least for now. Then I can make you feel awful for not coming back to Earth every once in a while to say hey.”
She grinned and leaned over, hugging her friend.
“Now, I gotta ask. Are you sure you’re ready for this? Like really, sure?” Brooklyn asked.
“I appreciate you. But I am good. I promise.”
“What about your ex and his shenanigans?”
“Oh, that. He’s in jail right now, with a lot of video and text message proof of his stalking and harassment.”
“Oh, another man who got karma’d for his bullshit? Wow, that’s so hard to believe.”
They both laughed.
“Oh and there’s this part too. It seems that all the doxxing that my ex did to me just magically disappeared from the internet. It was a Christmas miracle,” Jenny said with a laugh.
“Just disappeared?”
“Like with the flip of a few switches.”
“A Christmas miracle indeed.”
“Well, you need to take your Christmas miracle and get going,” Brooklyn said. “I see your man back there, with Mr. F. They’re waiting for you.”
