Page 65 of In a Dangerous Orbit
She relaxed. “Yes. Of course.”
Xander ended the transmission.
She shoved her hands against Axton’s chest, pushing him onto his back. She leaned over him. “That was very bad behavior.”
He smiled. “I know.”
She shook her head. “We need to take a look at that Sync.”
He gave a gusty sigh. “Back to business, huh?”
She leaned down and nipped his lip. “For now.”
But Xenia knew she had to have him again. It could only end in heartbreak for her…but he was in her blood now and she needed more. Was greedy to store up as many memories as she could.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Axton decided he could get used to working in his home office with Xenia beside him.
She’d used his goods printer and was wearing a simple outfit of black cargo trousers and an olive-green tank that showed off her toned arms. He amused himself by wondering where she’d stashed that wicked scorch blade of hers.
He was sitting in his chair while she perched on the corner of his desk. She cradled the Sync in her hands.
“It’s fully charged.” She turned it on and flicked at the screen. “I’ve sent a copy of the map to your computer.”
He touched the screen on his desk and the map appeared.
“I’m running translations now.” Her eyes glowed neon green.
“This is the location we need to find.” Axton touched the glowing red cross marked on the map. He frowned at the three Rahl words inscribed below it.
“The words translate to ‘trash’, ‘spare’, and ‘metal’.” A slight line appeared on her forehead. “Gibberish.”
“We’ll crack it.” He smiled at her. “This really is like a treasure hunt. Not quite Xander’s adventure across the galaxy in search of a rogue planet, or the adventures I hear Malin’s cousins go on. But still, it’s exciting.”
She made aharrumphingsound. “I don’t think anyone has adventures quite like the infamous Phoenix brothers. I’m not sure I’d want to.”
He flicked a finger at her nose. “Hey, where’s your sense of adventure?”
“I’ve never had one.”
“I don’t know, you seemed to have one last night.” He watched color fill her cheeks.
Suddenly, the Sync screen flashed, then flickered.
“No! Something’s damaged.” She touched the screen. “We could lose the data. I’ll interface with it.” She pressed her palm directly to the screen.
He knew she had implants under the skin of her hand that allowed her to uplink directly to machines and computers. “Can you fix it?”
“I’m looking for the problem now.” The neon green completely took over the blue of her eyes.
She stiffened.
“Xenia?”
Then her entire body jerked like she’d been electrocuted. The green in her eyes flared as bright as a supernova, then died away.
Axton leaped to his feet. She was staring straight ahead. Her eyes were blue again but blank. Devoid of everything.
