“Corvan kept his expression calm, flicking Emylie a quick look as she came to a sudden halt. He hitched her school bag higher onto his shoulder. It contained little. The apple he’d bought her last night, a small holo-slip containing a continuous loop of Koftii singing the obscure Old Earth song, Stray Cat Blues, during a particularly intoxicated karaoke session, and an innocent-looking com-badge that was really a neuron-destabilizer. He didn’t like the thought of Emylie with such an effective we...apon, but he liked the thought of her being unprotected even less. And he couldn’t keep her locked up in their apartment around the clock, no matter how efficient Mare’ree was. To do so would make him just as cruel as the GU scientist he’d rescued her from. He placed his hand gently on the back of her head, the soft coolness of her hair like a cloud against his calloused palm. “It won’t be for long, Em. Just an hour after school. Besides, you should be having fun with your friends. Jymia seems like a very nice girl and her parents are—”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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