here?”
“For now,” Professor Dean nodded. “I’m not completely finished analyzing your results yet, so don’t go far.”
“Yes, ma’am.” Mac saluted and walked out of the lab and back through the hallways to his own office. The thought of Professor Dean performing surgery on him made his flesh crawl. Even if Neeve couldn’t follow through on her promise to take him to Pavlovan, he’d never allow himself to be used as a test subject again.
“ What’s up?”
Neeve picked up way too fast on his emotions these days. He let out his breath and sat in his chair. “ Nothing .”
“ Did you find out how much data Professor Dean collected on you ?”
He rubbed his upper arm. “ From her extremely unhappy face and the way she stabbed me with her needle, I’d assume she didn’t get what she wanted .”
“ That’s good.”
“Yeah, if you could only teach me and all the other human telepaths how to do that.”
“You already can, Mac. We’re linked.” There was a slight pause. “ Can you communicate with the others? ”
“ I’ve never tried it from up here. We don’t tend to socialize much. The professor’s experiments left us all in a fucking mess .”
“ I understand. If I am successful in my mission, you’ll need to contact your associates and bring them together for our departure. I can help you boost your telepathic signal if necessary, as can Kaiden.”
“When are you planning on doing that?”
“Speaking to my planet’s head of assembly? As soon as he wakes up, which will be in about five minutes.”
“Do you need help?”
“No, this is one thing I need to do by myself.”
“Good luck.”
A knock on the door had Mac breaking off contact and focusing his attention on the far more immediate problem of who was using up all the water allocation in the labs and what was to be done about it.
Neeve typed in her secret code to the private line of the head of the Pavlovan Assembly and waited until she was also able to connect telepathically. Being so far away from her home, she needed at least some boost from the messaging systems but she was hoped the network was as secure at the assembly could make it.
“Neeve.”
She smiled. “Hey Ash. How are you?”
His slow smile warmed her soul. In the last year since finding his female, he’d changed dramatically. Okay, maybe only to those who knew him and his family intimately, but it was still a welcome change.
“I’m fine.” He glanced over his shoulder. “Soreya and Esca are asleep next door so don’t get too loud.”
“As if I would.” They smiled at each other in perfect understanding. Neither of them were known for their outgoing personalities. “I have a favor to ask you.”
“Go ahead.” He nodded and his long silver hair slid over his shoulder.
“This is a one hundred percent secure line, isn’t it?”
“Yes.” he frowned. “Why, is something wrong? We were informed that the Earth military had cracked down on Etruscan attacks and that you were perfectly safe.”
“I want to come home early.”
“You don’t feel safe?”
“There’s that, and then there’s another matter. I want to bring some humans with me.”
“Why?”
“They are telepaths.”
He sat back. “You’re sure about that?”
“Yes. I can’t be more explicit at this point, but they all need to get away from this planet.”
“You want me to offer them refugee status on Pavlovan?”
“Could you do that?”
“Of course. I’ve grown a lot more powerful within the assembly since my triad was completed. Soreya gave me a new source of telepathic power that no one else has.” He hesitated. “As long as your family is okay with it. Have you spoken to your mother recently?”
“I don’t talk to her, she talks to me—you know that. She has no concept of an actual conversation.”
“Do you want me to go and see her?”
“Would you?”
“I wanted to speak to her anyway.” His smile tightened. “Soreya is concerned about
“For now,” Professor Dean nodded. “I’m not completely finished analyzing your results yet, so don’t go far.”
“Yes, ma’am.” Mac saluted and walked out of the lab and back through the hallways to his own office. The thought of Professor Dean performing surgery on him made his flesh crawl. Even if Neeve couldn’t follow through on her promise to take him to Pavlovan, he’d never allow himself to be used as a test subject again.
“ What’s up?”
Neeve picked up way too fast on his emotions these days. He let out his breath and sat in his chair. “ Nothing .”
“ Did you find out how much data Professor Dean collected on you ?”
He rubbed his upper arm. “ From her extremely unhappy face and the way she stabbed me with her needle, I’d assume she didn’t get what she wanted .”
“ That’s good.”
“Yeah, if you could only teach me and all the other human telepaths how to do that.”
“You already can, Mac. We’re linked.” There was a slight pause. “ Can you communicate with the others? ”
“ I’ve never tried it from up here. We don’t tend to socialize much. The professor’s experiments left us all in a fucking mess .”
“ I understand. If I am successful in my mission, you’ll need to contact your associates and bring them together for our departure. I can help you boost your telepathic signal if necessary, as can Kaiden.”
“When are you planning on doing that?”
“Speaking to my planet’s head of assembly? As soon as he wakes up, which will be in about five minutes.”
“Do you need help?”
“No, this is one thing I need to do by myself.”
“Good luck.”
A knock on the door had Mac breaking off contact and focusing his attention on the far more immediate problem of who was using up all the water allocation in the labs and what was to be done about it.
Neeve typed in her secret code to the private line of the head of the Pavlovan Assembly and waited until she was also able to connect telepathically. Being so far away from her home, she needed at least some boost from the messaging systems but she was hoped the network was as secure at the assembly could make it.
“Neeve.”
She smiled. “Hey Ash. How are you?”
His slow smile warmed her soul. In the last year since finding his female, he’d changed dramatically. Okay, maybe only to those who knew him and his family intimately, but it was still a welcome change.
“I’m fine.” He glanced over his shoulder. “Soreya and Esca are asleep next door so don’t get too loud.”
“As if I would.” They smiled at each other in perfect understanding. Neither of them were known for their outgoing personalities. “I have a favor to ask you.”
“Go ahead.” He nodded and his long silver hair slid over his shoulder.
“This is a one hundred percent secure line, isn’t it?”
“Yes.” he frowned. “Why, is something wrong? We were informed that the Earth military had cracked down on Etruscan attacks and that you were perfectly safe.”
“I want to come home early.”
“You don’t feel safe?”
“There’s that, and then there’s another matter. I want to bring some humans with me.”
“Why?”
“They are telepaths.”
He sat back. “You’re sure about that?”
“Yes. I can’t be more explicit at this point, but they all need to get away from this planet.”
“You want me to offer them refugee status on Pavlovan?”
“Could you do that?”
“Of course. I’ve grown a lot more powerful within the assembly since my triad was completed. Soreya gave me a new source of telepathic power that no one else has.” He hesitated. “As long as your family is okay with it. Have you spoken to your mother recently?”
“I don’t talk to her, she talks to me—you know that. She has no concept of an actual conversation.”
“Do you want me to go and see her?”
“Would you?”
“I wanted to speak to her anyway.” His smile tightened. “Soreya is concerned about
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