Sons of Lyra: Runaway Hearts Read Free Page B

get away and was one step closer to escaping
completely.

    She rummaged in the purse
for the money when the woman told her the price. The second the
woman saw the money, she babbled something about lack of
availability and a lot of people travelling to Dliaer. Terea
sighed. She should’ve hidden the money better.

    “ She says they
only have premier passage available.” She turned to the man. He
didn’t seem at all bothered by this news. He just shrugged and
waved her back towards the woman, keeping his back to her all the
time. Was he scared of the woman recognising him too? She looked at
the woman and handed over a single gold Lynan. “Fine.”

    The woman smiled sweetly
and handed her the tickets and the five hundred silver Lynans
change. Terea glanced at the man to see if he’d been paying
attention and when she realised he hadn’t, she pocketed the silver
Lynans. She’d need some money for the next part of her trip,
wherever that took her.

    She touched the man’s arm
and he took the purse from her and then grabbed her hand. He led
the way through the crowd towards the gates into the departures
area. When they reached it, she noticed he dropped back and covered
part of his face with his cloak. She showed the tickets to the
guards and then walked through the gates when they opened. The man
followed her.

    On the other side, she
stopped and looked at her ticket. The ship was in dock five. She
followed the signs around the curved arched walkway, looking for
the right dock. When they reached it, she stepped through the open
archway and her brows rose. If the man hadn’t liked the fact it was
bound for Acturus, he was going to be even more annoyed when he saw
the ship.

    Sebastian looked up to see
the ship in front of him. It was large. It was dark. It was
Minervan.

    There was no way he could
set foot on that ship. He grabbed the woman by her upper arms and
shook her.

    “ You didn’t
mention it was a Minervan freighter!” He almost growled the
words.

    She flinched away, leaving
him feeling guilty. He frowned at the ship. He couldn’t fly on
that. It was too dangerous. It had been bad enough when she’d
chosen a ship whose final destination had been a Minervan military
port. That had been running a risk. This was just madness. The ship
would have Minervans on its crew and Minervan passengers. What if
they recognised him?

    “ It’s just a
ship... you didn’t specify the type!” She jerked out of his arms
and glared at him. “Do you have something against
Minervans?”

    He stared at her. She
placed her hands on her hips. Her eyes narrowed into dark
slits.

    There was something
terribly appealing about her when she was angry. It made her dark
eyes even darker and her blush lips pouted slightly, drawing his
attention to them. A hint of rose touched her pale soft cheeks. Her
black eyebrows met in a frown. The irritation radiating from her
was alluring. It made him want to argue with her even more, to keep
pushing.

    A call from the direction
of the ship announced that it was preparing to leave.

    He looked at the ship.
Minervan or not, he had to get on it and get away from Lyra Prime.
It was only a matter of time before someone discovered that he was
gone. It would be too much of a risk to wait for a different
passenger freighter.

    The woman was still
glaring at him. Perhaps she wanted an answer to her question. She
wasn’t going to get one. He grabbed her wrist and strode past her.
She protested and tried to pull away from him. Turning on her, he
used his superior height to look down at her, his own anger rising.
She stilled, her eyes wide and laced with fear. He relented when he
saw it and loosened his grip so he was no longer hurting
her.

    “ We must
leave,” he said and she stared at him for a minute, right into his
eyes, before nodding.

    She’d done that before. He
started walking towards the ship with her. Earlier, she’d stared
into his eyes like that. It had felt as though she was