Free 3013: GENESIS (3013: The Series Book 11) by Laurie Roma

choosing the shop on the third floor.”
    “Fine.
Good.” He paused for a moment, and his eyes bore into her when he asked, “Who
are you meeting?”
    “Reva
Golaris.”
    Maddox
seemed to relax a bit after hearing that. He turned to the female at his side
and said, “Put their drinks on my tab.”
    “Got
it.”
    “Enjoy
your evening,” he said to Mya and Pia before he turned his head to press a kiss
to the female Krytos’ forehead. “You behave.”
    “Never.”
    He
snorted out a laugh as he said, “If only that wasn’t true.”
    Maddox
had already turned to leave when Mya remembered her manners. “Thank you for the
drinks,” Mya called out. Before she could stop herself, she added, “It was nice
seeing you again.”
    He
turned around and opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again before
any words left his lips. He stared at her for a few seconds before nodding
curtly.
     Then
he was gone.

 
    ***
    CHAPTER
SIX
     
     “Well,
well. Wasn’t that interesting?”
    The
female Krytos sauntered closer to their table and braced her hands on her hips
as she studied Mya. After a long beat of silence, she said, “I guess I owe you
for cutting my ass-chewing short.”
    Mya
blinked in surprise. “Excuse me?”
    The
female’s lips quirked up into a sly grin. “My cousin’s lectures usually last
forever, but as soon as he saw you on the security feed, he forgot all about
scolding me about my behavior.”
    “You’re
Maddox’s cousin?” Pia asked in surprise.
    “Yes.
I’m Kahla Adaro. And you’re the elite VIPs that Maddox told me about.”
    Mya
gasped as she looked at the beautiful female. “You’re the one who put those three
elites in the medical unit?”
    Kahla
narrowed her eyes. “How did you know about that?”
    “We
were with Tavius earlier when he was given the news by one of the security
guards.” Her mood considerably brighter than it had been a few moments ago, Mya
asked, “Would you like to join us?”
    “Sure,
but first let me grab us drinks. I’ve got something in storage that will do.”
    Mya
shared a look with Pia as the Krytos female walked away. “I thought…”
    “So
did I,” Pia said. “And I’m a little worried about what she’d going to bring
back.”
    “How
much you want to bet it’s something expensive since Maddox is paying for it?” Mya
waited for Pia to stop laughing before she said, “So, what did you think of
him?”
    Pia
let out a sigh. “You’re not going to take my advice, are you?”
    “What
advice?”
    They
glanced over as Reva Golaris walked up to their table. Mya had met Reva back on
Earth at their friend Skylar’s claiming ceremony several weeks ago. Skylar and
Mya’s sister-in-law, Serra, had met Reva when the three females had been
kidnapped together. Since then, Reva had become a good friend to all of them.
    From
the jungle planet of Helix, Reva Golaris was a Helios shifter who could change
into the form of a massive saber tooth tiger-like creature at will. She was a
tall female, standing at a few inches over six feet, with golden skin and long
hair a few shades lighter that she’d pulled back into a tight braid that ran
down the center of her back.
    Dressed in a brown leather vest and matching pants that
showed off her generous curves and corded muscles, Reva looked like a warrior,
but few knew just how deadly she really was. As one of her mother’s guards,
Reva had been trained in all forms of combat. Her mother, Solange Golaris, was
one of the Helios Ambassadors that worked closely with the Alliance, and it was
Reva’s duty as one of her guards to protect her mother as they traveled to
various space stations.
    Reva
took a seat on the bench beside Mya without waiting for an invitation. Mya
moved over to give the other female more room and smiled at her. “It’s good to
see you again, Reva.”
    “It
took you long enough to get your asses out here. It’s going to be so much fun
having you both on New Vega. My mother has said we are