Forest Of The Stars – JT Adria

All Echo’s snark had earned him was a chuckle and another kiss that had to test Crade’s restraint if his moans were anything to go by. Echo, Crade, Dras’s whisper interrupted them too soon. Crade’s hands slid out of Echo’s hair, where Echo had directed them earlier. Stroking Echo’s face with the back of his fingers, Crade didn’t take his eyes off him. “What is it, Dras?” Crade asked softly, most of his attention still on Echo. Rox is looking for you. “Shit!” Crade snapped out of the moment. Sitting up in his chair, he snapped a reflexive arm around Echo to keep him from falling off.

“Is he close?” Echo asked. “Can I sneak out of here?” He’s a corridor away. As long as you don’t lead him back here, you’ll be fine. Also, take the data loop from Crade’s console. “Thanks, Dras,” Echo said as he hopped off Crade’s lap in a hurry. Leaning down, he pressed a quick goodbye kiss to Crade’s lips that the man chased when Echo pulled away.

Echo couldn’t pretend that single moment hadn’t given him ideas. Ideas before which they’d need to talk. As Echo left with the data loop in his pocket to ‘accidentally run into’ Rox, he couldn’t remember a time when he’d looked forward to a conversation this much. OceanofPDF.com Chapter 14 he Lion’s consoles had always had the worst seats but Echo had never paid them this much attention. Usually he had a problem to solve; today he was only pretending to work. Captain Ripp had agreed that Echo should keep spying on the Vastra Skogen during the night when he couldn’t be detected.

Echo didn’t want to remind the captain that Dras could send up an intruder alert and shoot poison darts in a matter of seconds. The less Ripp knew about the ship, both as a computer and especially as the forest, the better. That had left the rest of Echo’s time at Ripp’s command, so Echo helped Rox make sense of the data that Dras had fabricated for them.

At least, he pretended to.

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Generative AI has NOT been used in the creation of this book. FOREST OF THE STARS First edition. March 3, 2026. Copyright © 2026 J.T. Adria. ISBN: 978-9199081212 (ebook) ISBN: 978-9199081236 (paperback) ISBN: 978-9199081243 (hardback) Written by J.T. Adria. Cover art by Seaj Art. Cover design by Adrienne Lothy. Graphic assets by draft2digital Published by Cake Night Books AB OceanofPDF.com Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Epilogue Acknowledgements Also By J.T.

Adria About the Author OceanofPDF.com To everyone who ever needed a home. OceanofPDF.com T Chapter 1 aking over the Vastra Skogen should have been harder. The moment they’d boarded, Echo could have sworn the ship itself had surrendered. The second the crew cleared the airlock, even the oxygen in his lungs felt brighter, somehow. Echo would have preferred to stay back on the Roaring Lion, but for a catch this large, the raiding party was all hands on deck.

Echo could only hope his cut would be large enough to cover the extensive repairs the chase had left the Lion with. The minute the crew realized what he’d done to get them here, it’d be his fault. The ship didn’t smell of anything so far as Echo could tell, which was an improvement over the Lion, crammed full of too many men and often not enough soap. The emptiness of the ship frayed Echo’s nerves as their small crew of six men marched down the off-white polycrom corridor, steps echoing through the bones of their prey, their boots streaking the untouched floor with the Lion’s grime.

As they passed slim arches every few dozen or so feet, Echo couldn’t help thinking they were walking into the belly of a beast. He hoped it’d get Vulture first. They spread out in the only formation they knew, goons following behind the captain. Echo was happy to bring up the rear; the further he got from both Vulture and Wombat, the better. Which was exactly why he only heard when both goons got what they’d wanted.

By the time Echo rounded the corner, the sole defender of the ship was already on his knees, Vulture towering above him like a hellhound in a muscle shirt.

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