Tiny Harper was worried. He had no idea what mischief Princess was up to, but he knew it was dangerous.
All that crap she had spouted about never been kissed - but then, when he had walked in on her and the young Red Ranger pilot, they hadn't been kissing.
Kissing, however, was usually a prelude to what they were doing.
He'd had it out with her later, and spent hours offering comfort when he discovered it had been a reaction to seeing Mark kissing one of the female pilots, and hearing her brag on another occasion about his stamina, amongst other things.
Their girl had become a handful in the last 10 months. Before, he and Jason had been able to keep her fairly well under control by pointing out that Mark wouldn't like her behaviour.
That had changed with her discovery that Mark had been seeing other girls. Neither he nor Jason could convince her that it wasn't serious, that the girls Mark saw had certain reputations.
But he could understand. She'd refused all other offers until then, wanting to keep herself for her Commander, and everybody had imagined he had done the same.
He'd been horrified to find that the Red Ranger hadn't been her first lover. She was still devastated that her first lover hadn't been Mark.
Finally, he had come up with their arrangement. She'd quit smoking (Tiny knew Mark hated smoking with a vengeance) and she'd quit sleeping around. And he wouldn't let on that he knew about it all. Especially to Mark.
But now, she'd started another, even more dangerous game. She'd taken to flirting with any male in the room when Mark was there.
And Jason was encouraging her.
Tiny knew he had to have it out with Jason - he'd already had to use his fists to discourage some of the comments being made about her - and he knew that Jason would immediately put a halt to their game if he knew just what was being said.
Unfortunately, some of it was true. Her previous playing around hadn't gone unnoticed, either.
He prayed to all the gods in the heavens (including the Spectran ones, just for good measure) that Anderson never heard the ugly gossip.
Then he added a more fervent prayer that Mark didn't.
If Jason would be mad, Mark would be ...
The last thing they needed was the Eagle on the rampage, defending the honour of his beloved Swan.
Tiny raised his bracelet and tapped the code for Jason's private channel.
"Jason, Tiny here. We need to talk. About Princess. There's stuff you should know."