A King's Revenge: Warlords Series Book 2 Read Free

overcrowded buffet. Lea’s
stomach growled again but this time the noise of the cafeteria blocked the
sound from curious ears. One good thing about their occasional stops here, as
her taste buds could attest, was the food.
    “Will you get your
usual or let me suggest something different this time?” Kord handed her a blue
synthetic tray as he asked the question.
    Lea snorted and hit
the wall mounted dispenser for an empty small food dish. The plate slid out of
the narrow opening and she added it to her tray. “No thanks. Not interested in
eating anything I can’t spell or pronounce.”
    Kord loaded up on
various dishes in colors and textures that made her nauseous to look at. His
repeated attempts to lure her with exotic foreign fare would be amusing if she
remotely had an interest in the dishes. Which she didn’t. Her hand grasped a
serving utensil and wisely chose several slivers of beef and a dark green plana
vegetable that was her weakness.
    She loaded up on a fat
spongy cake with fruit drizzled on top and a healthy scoop of cream. Kord’s
groan drew her attention.
    “You could at least
make an effort to eat healthy if you won’t try something new.”
      “No, thank you.” Lea liked what she liked. She
had enough adventure in her life not remembering the holes in her past. Food
eased her.
    Spotting an empty
table, she pointed and nudged her hip against a multi-eyed Tregite. All three
green orbs glared at her but one look at Kord and the creature quickly stepped
aside. Lea followed Kord’s long strides as he cleared the distance to the
available table. His warning glare kept a group of young uniformed soldiers
from even thinking of sitting there.
    Biting back a snicker,
Lea sat in the bench seat across from him pretty certain the other four seats
would remain empty if Kord had his way. He never liked strange males getting
close to her.
    According to Kord he
and her father had been good friends evidenced by the fact he knew specific
details about her parents life together. In the beginning she’d considered Kord’s
behavior odd. Even thought it hinted at jealousy but his manner toward her
never went beyond brotherly. Hell, fatherly could also describe the dagger
looks he shot at people who got in her personal space.
    Watching him eat, she
tried guessing Kord’s age. He could be thirty or fifty for all she knew. The
glimpse in the garden revealed a trim physique well maintained with power in
every line of his body. Attractive dark hair and light hued blue eyes
complimented a more than pretty face.
    “Stop staring.” He
didn’t bother to look up when he made the pronouncement.
    Lea laughed and began
her own meal. “Just guessing your age.”
    “Again?” He looked up,
eyes narrowed.
    Maybe she had asked a
time or ten. Her shoulders rose up and down in a shrug. “Call me curious. I have
a large hole in my head concerning a window of my life I may never get back.
Outside the details you gave about my civilian shuttle crashing, no one recalls
what I did for those missing years before I was rushed to the medical center.”
She also didn’t understand why she’d been rushed to the moon Terra V above the
planet Taka after her accident yet taken to the planet Ellowan instead for
further treatment. But that was a puzzle for another day.
    If she had any family
she could have asked them but her parents had died in a building collapse on a
science colony when she’d left to be a recruit and they’d both been less than
talkative about their former home world. She knew that. Recalled everything about her life up to joining the
Alliance then those infernal years of blank space. Stars, she couldn’t even
recall the accident that knocked everything loose in her head.
    Kord resumed eating
but his focus never strayed from her face. “How old do I look?”
    They’d played this
game too. “Doesn’t matter and you know it.” She smiled and let go of the past. “Now
that I know your true form you could be one