Is the astronomer a cure for the space pilot’s broken heart? FAREWELL ANDROMEDA by @SFRLaurie A. Green #scifirom
FAREWELL ANDROMEDA
by Laurie A. Green
Fresh off a painful jilting, the last thing deep space pilot Tiharra Bell needs is another romantic entanglement. Certainly not with the galaxy’s most famous astronomer—who also happens to be single, inconveniently handsome, and a resident of the remote Andromeda Station. But Tiharra soon discovers two terrible truths about Dr. Dante “Donner” Dane 1) he’s not the man he appears to be and 2) he doesn’t have long to live. Before her fourteen day layover is complete, she’ll put her life and career on the line to protect his heartbreaking secret.
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I met the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with ten days before he died. Someday, I’ll look back at that time on Andromeda Station and laugh.
I crash landed into Dr. Dante Dane six steps inside the hatch of Trajectory Virtual Pub 7. I knew his name and a good chunk of his bio before he even spoke. I had the advantage.
But he had the element of surprise. “Dance with me, boonie.”
He had me pegged at a glance. Boonie. Independent deep space charter pilot. Good guess on his part, but an easy one with his IQ. You didn’t get much deeper in space than Andromeda Station—perched on the extreme outer fringes of the Milky Way—and I was still sporting my non-standard issue flight jacket and independent star wings. I’d been making my way to the Station Berthing Office when the Pied Piper of a stiff drink called to me.
Running into Tall, Dark, and Smiling hadn’t really been in my game plan.
He settled his warm hand low on the small of my back, inviting me to accompany him to the packed cydosonic dance floor. A heavy bass thumped beneath the trill of a wild counter-melody. My instincts shouted Abort launch! but my curiosity overrode my internal warning system. I was too flattered by his crafty smile and seeking eyes.
On the dance floor, he turned to face me. “What’s your name, boonie?”
“Captain Bell.”
“Captain.” He made a slight bow. “Less formally known as?”
“Tiharra.”
“Tiara?” That smile again. “Like a princess wears?”
“Tee-hara. Like the Egponna tree.”
“Ah, the Tiharra tree. Egponna Maximus heraldi angelus. Also called the Angel Willow. Known for graceful, weeping foliage that resembles feathered wings.”
“That’s the one.”
“Angel fits you better.” He gave me another generous smile. Nice, even white teeth.
I threw him my patented lopsided smirk. It wasn’t love at first sight, but it was definitely intrigue at first contact.
Laurie A. Green is a three-time RWA® Golden Heart® finalist and science fiction romance enthusiast who founded the SFR Brigade community of writers, which now totals over 500 members.
Her extended family includes her husband, David, four dogs, three cats and several horses, all who reside on a ranch in beautiful New Mexico. When she’s not writing, networking, or searching out the perfect cup of Starbucks, she’s usually busy exercising her left brain as a military budget director.
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