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Nowhere to run

“We can’t outrun him. Unless…” Rusp’s fingers flew over the controls. “The Moclu System’s ten minutes away, running engines all out. There are comets, asteroids, moons, a couple of planets. We can use any of them we can reach to hide traces of our passage, at least for a little while.”

It was next to nothing, and both men knew it. They were about to get caught, and there wasn’t a damned thing Sherv could do about it.

Jemi’s shout came from the end of the corridor. “The guys are here!”

“Close hatch. We’re going.” Sherv sent the order to the dockmaster to uncouple the ship.

Seconds later, they were winging toward the Moclu System at top speed. Taru, Anez, and Lorj had joined them, as had Jemi, packing the cockpit tight. Sherv watched as the destroyer’s icon changed course. They’d been identified.

“It’s faster than us. We won’t reach Moclu System.” Rusp glanced at Sherv, then the weapons station.

“We can’t fight them. We can’t endanger Irene.”

At the mention of her name, she gripped Sherv’s shoulder. “What’s happening? I’m guessing your fleet is on its way, but catch me up.”

He told her about Ezrob’s warning. He pointed to the red triangle pursuing them. He only kept one detail to himself.

She stared at the symbol denoting the pursuing Nil. “I’ll be forced to clan? I’ll never see my parents again?”

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She searched for freedom and found a Kalquorian clan.

Irene Jonson is a rising star in opera, thanks to Earth forcing her to leave her parents as a teen to join a prestigious opera company. Years later, she loves music, but she wants the freedom to forge her own path as a performer and be reunited with her family.

Sherv, Rusp, and Jemi are a clan and band playing hard, driving music. Success means more than fame and fortune; it would show their disapproving families they’ve chosen the lives they were meant to live. Encountering Irene, creating a new and exciting sound, gives them that opportunity…and a chance at love.

Two worlds on the brink of war threaten everything Irene and Clan Sherv have built and everything they dream of. Two worlds are bent on snatching Irene from the men and music she loves. What chance do four misfit musicians possibly have against Earth and the Kalquorian Empire?