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    Stardust In Your Veins
    Stardust In Your Veins
    Stardust In Your Veins
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    Stardust In Your Veins

    By Meyari McFarland

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    Newlywed Falak and her wife Steise hoped that moving to one of the newly opened space stations orbiting beyond Mars would give them a chance at a whole new life. At the very least, it got them away from their abusive families.

    Unfortunately, familiar problems with new faces appeared as soon as they started their new lives. Falak wasn't sure that she could cope with her supervisor's controlling tendancies but for Steise, she'd do anything, including confronting the man stalking Steise. Stardust In Your Veins is a sweet story of new love, new horizons and confronting the challenges facing with everything you've got.

    Readers who have issues with verbal abuse and attempted rape should read with caution.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMDR Publishing
    Release dateOct 25, 2013
    ISBN9781311690333
    Stardust In Your Veins
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    Meyari McFarland

    Meyari McFarland has been telling stories since she was a small child. Her stories range from SF and Fantasy adventures to Romances but they always feature strong characters who do what they think is right no matter what gets in their way. Her series range from Space Opera Romance in the Drath series to Epic Fantasy in the Mages of Tindiere world. Other series include Matriarchies of Muirin, the Clockwork Rift Steampunk mysteries, and the Tales of Unification urban fantasy stories, plus many more. You can find all of her work on MDR Publishing's website at www.MDR-Publishing.com.

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      Stardust In Your Veins - Meyari McFarland

      Stardust In Your Veins

      By Meyari McFarland

      Red hot rage filled Falak. This was the man Steise had complained about over the last month. Lloyd was the one who had grabbed her arm and pressed a thoroughly unwelcome 'kiss' against Steise's helmet while they were outside. The force of that head-bumping 'kiss' had forced Steise to go inside to have emergency repairs done to her spacesuit. They'd been forced to tap their savings to pay for the repairs. He'd groped her chest, grabbed her rear end and continually attempted to trap Steise in quiet back corridors or maintenance rooms.

      You… Falak snarled as she jammed her thumb against the emergency call button.

      Uh, what? Lloyd asked. What's wrong, pretty lady? Come on, what'd I say?

      You will leave my wife alone, you rapist! Falak yelled.

      Other Books by Meyari McFarland:

      Fitting In

      Artifacts of Awareness

      A Range of Debts Collection

      The Nature of Beasts

      Captured Debts Collection

      Published by Mary Raichle on Smashwords

      Copyright ©2013 by Mary Raichle

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be emailed to me_ya_ri@yahoo.com

      This book is also available in TPB format from all major retailers.

      Dedication:

      This story is dedicated to all the people seeking new opportunities, new frontiers and all those who try to improve our lives here and now. The world is a better place because of all of you.

      Table of Contents

      1. Station

      2. Work

      3. Danger

      4. Resolution

      Sensory Alterations

      Afterword

      1. Station

      Air hissed overhead, constantly streaming past Falak in the great silver air vents that stretched the length and breadth of the station. The constant flow chafed against her skin. Air should gust and drift, stagnate and bake, hoard moisture until your skin felt as though you had been dipped into water. It was strange for it to be so steady and bland against her cheeks.

      None of which appeared to bother Steise. She grinned as she stared at everything around them, head swiveling to take in every sight available. Her breath was anything but steady. Steise gasped and cooed at the docking bay doors closing behind them. The blond woven grass wall coverings drew little murmurs of fascination as she ran her fingers along them. When they stepped from the long hallway out into the baggage claim area Steise clapped both hands in front of her mouth, not quite managing to stifle the squeal of delight.

      It's huge! Steise exclaimed. Falak, look at it! I didn't expect there to be so much open space. It's beautiful. Oh, look at the murals on the walls!

      Her honey-blond hair, deceptively fine and delicate for a person so forceful, ended up in her mouth. Steise didn't notice other than to make an absent-minded attempt to brush it out. Falak chuckled, tugging the strands away from Steise's face. The relative stability of their trip here with it's never-changing room and utterly boring meals had clearly shattered Steise's always fragile control.

      They're not as beautiful as you, Falak chuckled, hands on either side of Steise's cheeks to get her to focus for a moment. Falak's silver wedding ring glimmered amid Steise's hair. Where were we supposed to pick up our crates? And where are our new rooms?

      Flattery will get you toppled right back into bed, Steise said as she tugged Falak into a quick kiss. After we have a bed, of course. That comes first. Or maybe getting food. We should have something to eat. They said that we'd have plenty of variety once we got here. Oh, and we should really think about getting some decorations for our rooms, too. There's so much we need to get done before we start work!

      Steise looked around and then pointed across the vast and echoing room, smiling so brightly that Falak felt as though she was losing something critical, her heart, her soul, perhaps her reason, to her fierce love for Steise. The woman was life incarnate, always moving, never still. Sometimes it exhausted Falak trying to keep up with Steise's swift shifts of mood and plan but it was worth it. Everything was worth it to be free.

      They carefully crossed the room. Steise dodged other families come with them to live on the newly completed station, barely aware of the heavy lifting bots rumbling as they carried over-packed crates to their intended destinations. Falak kept a grip on Steise's wrist, very aware of the dangers.

      That wasn't what bothered her though. It was the children, so many children who ran and shouted far too loudly for Falak's taste. Most were dark

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