Alien General's Beloved: SciFi Alien Romance (Brion Brides) Read Online Free
Author: Vi Voxley
topic. "How's the Wanderer ? Is the ship intact?"
"It's not the Wanderer itself," Fraly said. "It's only one of its escape pods. And Captain—this time we have a survivor."
***
The Raptor was pulling the pod in. Lana stood on the bay deck, watching the little cone being dragged in by the magnetic arms extending fromher ship.
It was really nothing more than a box, she noticed. A cone small enough to house one person, if they were hunched. There was a survivor, a witness, Fraly had said. Lana wondered how they'd managed to sleep or eat in that thing. From what she gathered, it had been days since the pod launched from the Wanderer .
The bay workers ripped the doors open and a figure—a young girl—stumbled out. For a moment, she looked around her and then practically collapsed on the floor. Lana rushed over, catching the girl in her arms. Her features were pale and it was clear she was malnourished, and probably exhausted.
Her eyes were wide open, terrified. Lana didn't think for a second that she was the cause of that fear. No, she'd been right to suspect something was amiss.
" Leave ," the girl whispered before she could say anything. " Run ."
"Relax," Lana said, "we are here to help you. Tell us where your ship is and we can go and—"
The girl was shaking her head so hard she nearly twisted herself out of Lana's grasp.
"No, no," she said frantically. "We have to go now. It might be too late already. You can't help, no one can help. He is here."
He.
"Who are you talking about?" Lana asked, knowing the answer already. "Who attacked the Wanderer ?"
" HIM ," the girl almost screamed. " Worgen . I saw him when they took the ship. He walked by right in front of me when he was looking for his fated. His eyes were completely black and his skin was burning, I could see it..."
Well, that is going to do wonders for morale, Lana thought. I should have questioned her in private.
She stood, helping the shivering girl stand as well.
"You need rest," Lana said, hoping to salvage what was left of the situation. "We can talk more once you've had some food and a good night's sleep."
"You don't understand ," the girl pleaded. "He's coming, he might be here already. Nothing will stop him until he finds his fated."
That's the second time you've said that.
"Worgen is looking for his gesha? " Lana asked.
"Yes," the girl said, sighing in relief. "You see now? We have to go. Hurry! He's heard of all the Brion generals binding to human girls. He wants one too, to be more powerful than ever. Ship after ship, he's looking for her. That's why he attacks Terran ships."
Oh, wonderful. Just when I thought she couldn't say anything more damaging. Now they know we have a crazed maniac on our trail, looking for a bride, Lana thought, barely suppressing the eyeroll she felt coming on.
She sent the girl off to sleep, despite her desperate pleas that they should run at once. To ease her growing concerns, Lana took the next watch on the bridge. The monitors showed nothing, but the emptiness unnerved her.
"Do you feel it?" she asked Fraly, who was standing loyally by her side. "The gun pointed at our heads?"
The Palian nodded, a grim smirk on his lips. It was an unusual expression for him, but considering the situation, it fit.
"The scans came up empty?" he asked.
"Yeah," Lana said, checking for what had to be a hundredth time. "Nothing near us. Not the Wanderer , not any other ship. The first signal I can find is the Gromus Station, five times the distance a pod like that could fly."
The bridge was almost empty except for them. In anticipation of trouble, Lana had ordered everyone to sleep. They were on the verge of something, she could feel it. The pod they'd picked up shouldn't have been where it was. There was no ship that could have dropped it anywhere near them.
"I feel like a fish that just swallowed the bait," she murmured.
Fraly didn't have time to respond before the space slipped away on the screens in front of
"It's not the Wanderer itself," Fraly said. "It's only one of its escape pods. And Captain—this time we have a survivor."
***
The Raptor was pulling the pod in. Lana stood on the bay deck, watching the little cone being dragged in by the magnetic arms extending fromher ship.
It was really nothing more than a box, she noticed. A cone small enough to house one person, if they were hunched. There was a survivor, a witness, Fraly had said. Lana wondered how they'd managed to sleep or eat in that thing. From what she gathered, it had been days since the pod launched from the Wanderer .
The bay workers ripped the doors open and a figure—a young girl—stumbled out. For a moment, she looked around her and then practically collapsed on the floor. Lana rushed over, catching the girl in her arms. Her features were pale and it was clear she was malnourished, and probably exhausted.
Her eyes were wide open, terrified. Lana didn't think for a second that she was the cause of that fear. No, she'd been right to suspect something was amiss.
" Leave ," the girl whispered before she could say anything. " Run ."
"Relax," Lana said, "we are here to help you. Tell us where your ship is and we can go and—"
The girl was shaking her head so hard she nearly twisted herself out of Lana's grasp.
"No, no," she said frantically. "We have to go now. It might be too late already. You can't help, no one can help. He is here."
He.
"Who are you talking about?" Lana asked, knowing the answer already. "Who attacked the Wanderer ?"
" HIM ," the girl almost screamed. " Worgen . I saw him when they took the ship. He walked by right in front of me when he was looking for his fated. His eyes were completely black and his skin was burning, I could see it..."
Well, that is going to do wonders for morale, Lana thought. I should have questioned her in private.
She stood, helping the shivering girl stand as well.
"You need rest," Lana said, hoping to salvage what was left of the situation. "We can talk more once you've had some food and a good night's sleep."
"You don't understand ," the girl pleaded. "He's coming, he might be here already. Nothing will stop him until he finds his fated."
That's the second time you've said that.
"Worgen is looking for his gesha? " Lana asked.
"Yes," the girl said, sighing in relief. "You see now? We have to go. Hurry! He's heard of all the Brion generals binding to human girls. He wants one too, to be more powerful than ever. Ship after ship, he's looking for her. That's why he attacks Terran ships."
Oh, wonderful. Just when I thought she couldn't say anything more damaging. Now they know we have a crazed maniac on our trail, looking for a bride, Lana thought, barely suppressing the eyeroll she felt coming on.
She sent the girl off to sleep, despite her desperate pleas that they should run at once. To ease her growing concerns, Lana took the next watch on the bridge. The monitors showed nothing, but the emptiness unnerved her.
"Do you feel it?" she asked Fraly, who was standing loyally by her side. "The gun pointed at our heads?"
The Palian nodded, a grim smirk on his lips. It was an unusual expression for him, but considering the situation, it fit.
"The scans came up empty?" he asked.
"Yeah," Lana said, checking for what had to be a hundredth time. "Nothing near us. Not the Wanderer , not any other ship. The first signal I can find is the Gromus Station, five times the distance a pod like that could fly."
The bridge was almost empty except for them. In anticipation of trouble, Lana had ordered everyone to sleep. They were on the verge of something, she could feel it. The pod they'd picked up shouldn't have been where it was. There was no ship that could have dropped it anywhere near them.
"I feel like a fish that just swallowed the bait," she murmured.
Fraly didn't have time to respond before the space slipped away on the screens in front of
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