“Which one would you like our fleet to head toward first?” Merrick questioned. “As always, the Savari vessels will follow where you lead.”
Turning his attention to the Navigator’s computer terminal, Ryo tilted his head in concentration. “Which planet do you recommend, Michal Raden?”
Without hesitation, Michal pointed to one of the golden planets farthest from their current location. “This one.”
“Why that one out of all the ones you could have chosen?” Ryo asks.
Michal shrugged but kept his gaze focused on the flashing golden planet on his computer screen. “Just a feeling I have.”
* * * *
Jerineau Arden switched on the communications console and began transmitting the recorded message before she strapped herself into her stasis pod. Like the rest of the women, she could only stay in her pod and hope the ship set itself down on autopilot before something else failed.
They’d been lucky. This planet was the only one in the system capable of supporting life. There was a small community on the surface she hoped was friendly. Otherwise, they may as well have taken their chances attempting to get to another system.
Pausing, she waited to seal her tube until the message began to play in its loop. With luck they would land and their stasis pods would open after the ship vented, returning atmosphere to the empty passageways.
“This is Jerineau Arden aboard the Amazonian research vessel, Inquisitor. We are losing life support quickly and are attempting to set down on an unknown planet. Coordinates are imbedded in a text file with this message. Any ships in the vicinity please respond.”
She closed her pod after the message played a third time, confident that it would continue to repeat at least until the ship landed itself on the surface of the planet below. Closing herself in this pod hadn’t been her first choice. In fact, it had been one of her last, ranking right above death. Still, she thought, the damnable pods were little better than coffins in which to bury people alive. She took a deep breath of the flowery-smelling tranquilizing agent as it misted into her tube and willed herself to sleep. Perhaps she would wake in the arms of a handsome man. She snorted as the agent affected her nervous system and began to shut her body down. Yeah, like that will happen. A man of her own was nothing more than a dream. The last unmated man she’d had the pleasure to meet had been older than her grandsire. The rumors they’d heard of male dominated planets were all myths.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Tianna Xander is the author of several paranormal, time-travel and science fiction romance novels. She loves reading everything from romance novels, murder mysteries and encyclopedias, to handbooks on solar energy. Tianna is the first to admit she spends far too much time surfing the internet and chatting with her online friends and critique groups.
Having written many novels and working on at least one more at any given time, Tianna still finds time for her family, friends and her many pets. She currently lives in Michigan with her husband, two children, three cats, two big dogs and one occasionally terrorized Netherland Dwarf bunny. Her life is anything but boring.
Visit Tianna at http://www.TiannaXander.com
Hi there. My name is Bonnie Rose Leigh and I've been writing since I was just a tyke. I live in a small town in Upstate, New York and spend most of my time on the computer either writing, or visiting with my friends. If I'm not busy on the computer, I spend my free time reading. It doesn't matter what genre the book is either, though I am partial to romance novels. If I'm not in my office, I can be found sprawled in a chair with a book clutched in my hand and a cup of cocoa sitting nearby.
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