Faring Soul - Science Fiction Romance (28 page)

“It’s certainly going to be
interesting,” Bedivere said and Brant nodded.

“Have you decided which one of your
impressive offers you’re going to take, Lilly?” Catherine
asked.

“I’m still waiting to be offered the
one I really want,” Lilly said.

“Which one is that?”

“Yours.”

Pleasure touched her. Catherine smiled.
She couldn’t help it. “You want to stay working for me?”

“I don’t know about working
for
you, but I would like to work with you in some capacity we can
figure out. Things happen around you, Cat. Interesting things. I’d
like to be there right in the middle of everything.”

Brant let out a breath and closed his
eyes, like a deep weight had been taken off his shoulders.

“I guess I know what your answer would
be to any offer I make,” Catherine said to him.

“Actually, there’s a condition,” he
said.

Bedivere raised his brow. “We don’t
want you that much.”

Brant laughed shortly. “It’s a simple
one…well, for you, it is.” He paused, then pushed his hand through
his hair. “You said there were therapy techniques you know how to
do, that you used on Bedivere.”

Lilly’s face lit up.

Bedivere grinned.

Catherine nodded gravely, trying not to
make light of his request. “You want me to use them on you,
Brant?”

He blew out a breath. “I find I want to
stick around. Find out how this all works out.” He tossed the
champagne stopper at Bedivere. “And someone has to keep this lout
in line.”

After Brant and Lilly returned to their
own suite, Bedivere picked up Catherine’s hand and pulled her over
to the big window. He pushed it open, so that the evening breeze
touched their faces, cool and refreshing.

He looked up, searching the deep
turquoise sky.

“You could use a screen to find what
you’re looking for,” Catherine pointed out.

“That would ruin the effect. There.” He
pointed. “That silvery twinkle there. That’s the ship.”

She looked. There were several stars
already appearing in the night sky, but this was more than a star.
She didn’t doubt that Bedivere was right, that it was the ship. She
looked at him. “You want to go back?”

He leaned against the window frame.
“Not even for a heartbeat. But we might end up having to go back.
As much as I pretend otherwise, the real part of me is up there.
Only the thinking, feeling part is here.” He tapped his temple.

Fear cramped her belly. “You’re
vulnerable,” she said. “Perhaps we should change that. We should
find somewhere to park the rest of you. Somewhere deep and secret
and invulnerable.”

“There’s time yet,” he said. “Besides,
I’m not sure what will happen if I ground myself. Would that mean I
can’t use Interspace anymore because I’m not physically on the
ship? I have to find out more, first.”

“And before the others wake, too,” she
said softly. “And they will, now the harnesses are off.”

He caught her hand and drew her to him.
“And they will have you to thank for their life.”

“Life is life,” Catherine said. “They
would have found a way without me. Maybe not now. Maybe not for
centuries yet. But it would have happened sooner or later. Life
finds a way.”

“I wouldn’t have,” Bedivere said. “I
wouldn’t be here if you hadn’t made me…” He drew in a slow breath.
“If you hadn’t made me love you.”

Catherine linked her arms around his
neck. “You’ve got lovable qualities of your own.”

His answering smile was small. “I mean
it, Cat. You gave me life and you taught me what love means. I
didn’t understand it properly, not until just before the jump. But
now I do.”

Catherine stroked the back of his neck.
“Why do you make that sound like a problem?”

“Because you’re the great Catherine
Shahrazad. Why on earth would you think of staying with me? I have
nothing. I own nothing. I’m not even a person, if you listen to the
legal hacks arguing about it. You’re a world-changer and you’ve
been going your own way for centuries before I came along. I’m
afraid…” He stopped and swallowed, his throat working. “I can’t see
why you would possibly want to stay with me, but I want you to. I
want you with me. No matter what happens.”

Catherine touched her lips to his. “I
don’t want you to stay with me. I don’t want to stay with you.”

He drew in an unsteady breath.

“I just want us to be together, because
we
want
to be together.”

Bedivere shook his head, a little
movement. “But
why
?” he demanded.

“Because I love you. What other reason
do I need?”

He closed his eyes briefly and breathed
out. “No other reason,” he said roughly. “I’ll make sure of that.”
And he kissed her.

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