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She tried not to glower at him, the commanding tone of his voice irked her, but she picked up her fork and did as he instructed.
“It’s really good,” she said, surprised.
“Yes.”
Nothanks for the compliment.
“The Mudden planet is divided up into different clans,” Altair said out of nowhere. “The Mudden clan is the most powerful and is in control of the kidnappings. I am a member of the Mudden clan, and now that we are married, so are you. But I was stationed here in Baedden clan territory by my grandfather, Kemp, the leader of the Mudden clan. My uncle Devon, whom you’ve met earlier, is the heir.”
Nova knew all this already, but she supposed Meghan might be curious about the history lesson so she listened attentively.
“We were not invited to the dinner celebration outside the council building because I am not a member of the Baedden clan, and to be honest, they are not happy about my presence here.”
Ah. He was answering her earlier question.
“That’s fine,” she said. “I don’t feel like celebrating.”
He frowned but stayed quiet. After five minutes of silence, Nova figured she should start a conversation.
“The ride to Mudden was awful,” she said, volunteering information he would have asked her himself already if he were a caring person.
“I’ve never been in a spaceship.”
That wasn’t what she’d meant to talk about, but sure, she could go with it.
“Why not?” she asked.
“I’ve never left the planet.”
Yeah.Can’t leave a planet without being on a ship.
“Because…?”
“I wasn’t allowed.” He looked down at his plate and continued eating.
“Are you going to make me say ‘why’ again?”
He looked up, surprised.
“Very few people are allowed to leave.”
She gave up. She worried if she insisted too much he might get suspicious of her motives.
She had a hard time keeping her eyes open as she finished her plate. It’d been a very long day.
Altair watched her through narrowed eyes as she yawned for the umpteenth time.
“Let’s go to bed,” he said, his voice as neutral as it always was.
Nova, suddenly wide awake as fear made her heart beat a hundred times a minute, got up from the table and moved a safe distance away.
“I’m not sleeping with you.”
“Don’t worry, I am very knowledgeable in this subject,” he said. “I do not expect you to have sexual relations with me on the first night.”
“That’s a relief. Can you tell me exactly which night you will expect it so I can sleep with a weapon under my pillow?”
He crossed his arms over his chest, not finding her funny apparently.
