hopefully will be able to take care of myself. I’m a black belt and was also sent to train
with a SEAL team before I left. The reason I trained with them is because I
spent a summer being their medic in another country.” She shrugged at that. “I also know several other
forms of self-defense and I am seriously scary good with a gun. Wait, do you still have guns in this
time?” Goodness, she had so much to learn.
“About half of that I
understood. The other half is making my head hurt.” He was so cute when he was
confused. Not a description he’d probably want to hear, so Sam would keep it to
herself. “We do have weapons. I have no idea if they are anything like what you
are used to. We can go to the armory later, and I ’ ll show you what we use.”
“Will
you show me how to use them? I know I’m not one of your men or women serving
you and I’m not a fighter, but I don’t want to be caught in a position where I don’t have a weapon to
protect myself. I never want to be there again.” She was thinking about Dillon
and what he had done.
“I will personally show you how
to use every weapon in the armory.” He tipped his head suddenly to study her.
“Small amendment. I will show you how to use the vast majority of weapons in
the armory. Some are too big for you to use and would only cause you to fall
over beneath the weight.”
That
had her grinning. “The smaller weapons are easier to hide on my body.” She
wrapped her arm around his middle and gave him a light squeeze. “Besides, I
have the best protection, you.” She still was trying to wrap her mind around
the fact that she was all but married to a man in the matter of a couple of
hours, minutes really. “I’m nervous about meeting your sister, too, ” she confessed.
“There
is no reason for you to be nervous, Samantha. She already adores you.
Apparently she can tell through our electronic letters that I am a much happier
man. She attributes you with this stunning turn of events. She also demanded to
know when we would be coming to visit. We will be in position in another three cycles to
take one of the crawlers through the asteroid belt, and then you can meet her
finally. Which reminds me.” Petr let her go to grab his data pad once more. He
flicked through a few pages that popped up before disappearing until a vid was
queued up. “She sent this. It’s short because of the space it takes up, and she is aware
we have to be careful to remain undetected, but it’s specifically for you.”
She
looked at the data pad and queued up the video as he had taught her to. She saw
the woman stepping into the screen and her eyes went wide. “She’s beautiful, ” she told him and when she
looked from Adira to Petr she frowned. “I’m assuming
that one of you take after your mother and one from your father?” She kept the
video playing and laughed when the woman told her that they would have to have
a private chat about Petr and his secrets. “ Oh, I like her already.” She was giggling as she spoke. She touched the screen and
zoomed in on the baby that Adira was holding,
although the child was more of a toddler. “ Oh, she’s adorable. Gracious. Her skin color and
her hair. And look at those eyes.” The child had two different colored eyes.
They were similar but different all the same. “What beautiful children. The
coloring is from them being part Craegin ?”
Petr nodded and reached out to brush a
finger over the image of the child on the screen. “The Craegin sun creates a softer light than our Imarian one does. That and other environmental things cause their skin to
take on certain hues depending where they are in the galaxy in relation to that sun. Adira resembles our mother. It was always a benefit to her career along with her use
of our mother’s birth name. She never had the pressure of the van Jahnsen name weighing her down. I wasn’t so lucky since I’m
a mirror image of our father at this age. As much as I wished I could
with a SEAL team before I left. The reason I trained with them is because I
spent a summer being their medic in another country.” She shrugged at that. “I also know several other
forms of self-defense and I am seriously scary good with a gun. Wait, do you still have guns in this
time?” Goodness, she had so much to learn.
“About half of that I
understood. The other half is making my head hurt.” He was so cute when he was
confused. Not a description he’d probably want to hear, so Sam would keep it to
herself. “We do have weapons. I have no idea if they are anything like what you
are used to. We can go to the armory later, and I ’ ll show you what we use.”
“Will
you show me how to use them? I know I’m not one of your men or women serving
you and I’m not a fighter, but I don’t want to be caught in a position where I don’t have a weapon to
protect myself. I never want to be there again.” She was thinking about Dillon
and what he had done.
“I will personally show you how
to use every weapon in the armory.” He tipped his head suddenly to study her.
“Small amendment. I will show you how to use the vast majority of weapons in
the armory. Some are too big for you to use and would only cause you to fall
over beneath the weight.”
That
had her grinning. “The smaller weapons are easier to hide on my body.” She
wrapped her arm around his middle and gave him a light squeeze. “Besides, I
have the best protection, you.” She still was trying to wrap her mind around
the fact that she was all but married to a man in the matter of a couple of
hours, minutes really. “I’m nervous about meeting your sister, too, ” she confessed.
“There
is no reason for you to be nervous, Samantha. She already adores you.
Apparently she can tell through our electronic letters that I am a much happier
man. She attributes you with this stunning turn of events. She also demanded to
know when we would be coming to visit. We will be in position in another three cycles to
take one of the crawlers through the asteroid belt, and then you can meet her
finally. Which reminds me.” Petr let her go to grab his data pad once more. He
flicked through a few pages that popped up before disappearing until a vid was
queued up. “She sent this. It’s short because of the space it takes up, and she is aware
we have to be careful to remain undetected, but it’s specifically for you.”
She
looked at the data pad and queued up the video as he had taught her to. She saw
the woman stepping into the screen and her eyes went wide. “She’s beautiful, ” she told him and when she
looked from Adira to Petr she frowned. “I’m assuming
that one of you take after your mother and one from your father?” She kept the
video playing and laughed when the woman told her that they would have to have
a private chat about Petr and his secrets. “ Oh, I like her already.” She was giggling as she spoke. She touched the screen and
zoomed in on the baby that Adira was holding,
although the child was more of a toddler. “ Oh, she’s adorable. Gracious. Her skin color and
her hair. And look at those eyes.” The child had two different colored eyes.
They were similar but different all the same. “What beautiful children. The
coloring is from them being part Craegin ?”
Petr nodded and reached out to brush a
finger over the image of the child on the screen. “The Craegin sun creates a softer light than our Imarian one does. That and other environmental things cause their skin to
take on certain hues depending where they are in the galaxy in relation to that sun. Adira resembles our mother. It was always a benefit to her career along with her use
of our mother’s birth name. She never had the pressure of the van Jahnsen name weighing her down. I wasn’t so lucky since I’m
a mirror image of our father at this age. As much as I wished I could
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