Intensity

By Viola Grace

Raine knew she was special enough to be a Volunteer, but mating with a dragon is a whole new kind of special.

Setting up orbital stations was lonely, but not a horrible occupation. Raine has spent years organizing computers and systems to work in harmony, but when she is sent to a spa to wait for her ride, she learns that work is not the only pleasure in life. Orell has waited for her for centuries and he is not going to let a little thing like a Terran obsession with work get in the way of him claiming his true mate. He will use every amenity at the spa to wear her down and then he will swoop in for the kill, so to speak. What is a little death amongst friends and lovers?

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Feb 15, 2012
• ISBN: 9781554879915

Viola Grace

Viola Grace (aka Zenina Masters) is a Canadian sci-fi/paranormal romance writer with ambitions to keep writing for the rest of her life. She specializes in short stories because the thrill of discovery, of all those firsts, is what keeps her writing.An artist who enjoys a story that catches you up, whirls you around and sets you down with a smile on your face is all she endeavours to be. She prefers to leave the drama to those who are better suited to it, she always goes for the cheap laugh.

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Setting up orbital stations was lonely, but not a horrible occupation. Raine has spent years organizing computers and systems to work in harmony, but when she is sent to a spa to wait for her ride, she learns that work is not the only pleasure in life. Orell has waited for her for centuries and he is not going to let a little thing like a Terran obsession with work get in the way of him claiming his true mate. He will use every amenity at the spa to wear her down and then he will swoop in for the kill, so to speak. What is a little death amongst friends and lovers?

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Intensity

Copyright © 2011 Viola Grace

ISBN: 978-1-55487-991-5

Cover art by Martine Jardin

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Intensity

A Terran Times Tale

By

Viola Grace

Chapter One

Raine Burke ran a final check on the station and smiled. Defence systems are up, life support is up, the tank is ready and medical is in great shape. This relay station is officially available for an occupant. Now, get me out of here.

Through the connections wired into her skull, she heard, Excellent, Agent Burke. Your pickup has been delayed.

Aw crap. She rubbed at her forehead as her voice echoed in the control room.

Her control officer asked, Is there something wrong with the station?

No, yes. There is a creepy resonance in the station that I can’t track down. I have checked every instrument and the harmonics on the station and the sound strikes every time I try to relax.

I think it may be stress related. The chemicals in your mind have been ramped high while you got this station running. Take some time on the resort planet below while you wait for the warship to come by. It has been delayed by an emergency and it will be back as soon as it has dealt with the life-or-death situation to give you a ride back to the dispatch centre. We have set up a reservation for you and you can simply enjoy yourself for a change.

Raine looked out through one of the view screens at the blue and gold planet below. Yosh was a pretty planet, but it filled her with the same trepidation that the singing in her mind did.

Is there another option, Control?

Nope. Take some time. Lie in the sun on the planet with nothing else on your mind. You need some time to yourself and this is the perfect moment. It won’t count against a scheduled leave and you can work on that tan you are worried about.

Raine chuckled. Will do, Control. I will be down on Yosh when the warship comes back to get me. Ping the shuttle or the resort when they are on their way.

The dispatch officer chuckled. Will do. You look like hell, take some time and enjoy the sun and sand.

You can’t see me, how can you know what I am looking like these days?

I know how many hours you have worked in that station getting it operational. You have to look like hell. Now, don’t get your implants wet. The chuckle was friendly, but the dismissal was absolute.

Whether she wanted to or not, Raine was going to land on Yosh and have fun. She just wished that the sight of the world below did not send a strange anticipation and dread through her simultaneously. Despite what the Alliance scans showed, there was something beneath her on that planet and it was waiting for her. She knew it with every inch of her body and she was going to have to go and face it.

Well, no time like the present. She got to her feet and removed her couplings, stowing the wires after she removed them from the ports on her skull and neck. Raine twisted her head from side to side, sighing at the relief of pressure now that the electronics of the station were not being routed through her mind.

Whistling in the empty halls of a station that she had set up was a tradition. She shut down and locked up each corridor after double checking that