CHAPTER 20
MIRIAM“Crew meeting.” The announcement came over an intercom system, breaking the peaceful quiet of the cabin. “Put your pants back on, Nakkoni.”
Perrigaul growled, and Miriam felt the same. This was nice. Lying in bed with her head on his chest, listening to the twin thuds of Perrigaul’s hearts. She didn’t want to get back to the real world.
He shifted to sit up.
“No, don’t go,” she said, tightening her arms around his chest. “Stay. Let’s play hooky.”
“I have a debt to settle,” he said, swinging his legs over the side of the bed.
“Now you get all honorable and junk?”
“Honor has nothing to do with it.” He pulled up his pants and shoved his feet into his boots. “We are Ari’s partners until he decides we are his prisoners.”
“Right, right. Keep the criminal kingpin happy an
