Kyris: A Sci-fi Alien Abduction Romance (Captured by Aliens Book 4), A.G. Wilde [most life changing books txt] 📗

a tether first to make it more effective,” she shook her head as if she didn’t really understand, “but he’s picked up on their bio signs.” She grinned.

Song moved her gaze to Yce and found his white eyes glowing as he looked at her. If she wasn’t feeling so dead inside, looking at him would have startled her. There was something so ethereal about him.

“We’re heading to pick them up now. The good thing is they are not far from each other,” Piper added.

“Are they alright?” She couldn’t help but ask. “Kyris and I were attacked at the outpost.”

A deep rumbling sound moved across the space as Crex’s eyes narrowed and she watched as Piper rested her hand on his leg, patting it as if to make him relax.

When he spoke, his cold dark eyes were pointed at her and, again, if she wasn’t feeling so dead inside, she was sure it would make her shiver.

“They attacked you at the outpost? Are you certain the ones that attacked were working for the Tasqals?”

Song nodded. She was more than sure. She’d been there. “Positive.”

Crex’s narrowed gaze moved to Yce and something passed between them.

“I’m positive. Two of them were telling me about how they were going to take me back to my master.” The memory of it made her want to throw up. To think she’d been that close to going back into captivity again. If Kyris hadn’t been there…

Tears threatened to come forward but she held them back.

She needed him to get better so badly. So, so badly.

“What is it? Why are you two looking at each other like that? Are you having a mind discussion?” Diana narrowed her eyes at Yce. Yce turned his gaze on the redhead and Song could swear his eyes changed colors for a second.

“I dare you to say that out loud,” Diana said, a shocked expression on her face and a telling pink tinge on her cheeks.

“Hmm. Only if you can make me submit,” Yce’s voice was a deep rumble and a smile teased at his lips but before Diana could respond, Piper interrupted.

“Honestly, you two.” Smiling, she rolled her eyes before turning to Song. “Try living in close proximity to these two. You’d swear you’re living in a live spinoff of WWE.”

“WWE?” Yce turned to her then and Piper folded her arms and leaned back on Crex’s chest.

“Mmhm…let Ms. Kickass explain that to you later,” Piper replied. “Now,” she looked up at Crex. His gaze was still narrowed and he seemed as if he was deep in thought. “Tell me why the Tasqals attacking the outpost caused you to get so cold.”

Crex’s gaze fell on Piper and the room went quiet.

“Muk is a protected planet in the Interplanetary Union because life on it is slowly dying.”

“You mean like, it’s going extinct?”

“Yes. The outposts are the only places on the planet where the natives now live and survive. Attacking an outpost on Muk is a serious crime. It breaks several oaths of the Interplanetary Union.”

“I don’t understand. What does that mean? What effect does that have on us?” Diana’s eyes narrowed as she tried to understand where Crex was going.

Yce’s eyes glowed white as he picked up the conversation. “An outpost is a safe zone for all who dwell within. It means the Tasqals are no longer adhering to Interplanetary Law. They will no doubt attack the other outposts in search of the rest of us.”

“Athena and Evren are in danger, then,” Piper whispered, leaning back in her seat.

“Yes,” Crex agreed.

“Well, that means we need to extract them as soon as possible.” Piper glanced at Diana as she spoke and the other woman nodded.

There was a moment of silence when Yce cocked his head, his eyes glowing so bright that Song could only stare.

“There is something else. Something we missed,” he said.

“What do you mean, brother?” Crex leaned forward.

“I do not know yet. It is just a hunch. The Tasqals wouldn’t break Interplanetary Law unless something was at stake. Five slaves would not be enough for them to do so.”

“Well, fuck me. Here I was thinking I was important.” Piper grinned, sitting upright. Then, as if his words suddenly made sense, her eyes went wide.

“Yce, are you suggesting there are more slaves out there somewhere on Muk? That when you guys destroyed that ship there were more slaves on it that got sent to Muk’s surface and the Tasqals think you guys have them?”

“It is possible,” Yce replied. “But just having more slaves wouldn’t be enough proof to bring the Interplanetary Militia down on them. There are many Tasqals in high places in the Interplanetary Union. It would be the type of slaves that mattered, not only the number.”

“What do you mean?” As Diana asked the question, you could almost see her shoulders tense.

Whatever Yce and Crex were getting at didn’t sound good. It didn’t sound good at all.

“HREX4X1, Earth, is an off-limits planet,” Crex answered. “Visiting Earth is a serious crime. Taking samples is even more serious.”

A rumble went through Yce’s throat, as his eyes glowed. “Proof of a large sample of slaves from such a planet would not only cause chaos in the Interplanetary Union but would leave Interplanetary Militia no choice but to take action against the Tasqals.”

“Oh no,” the words left her lips before Song even realized she’d spoken out loud.

She knew exactly what the men were getting at.

“Humans,” she whispered. “There are more human slaves.”

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In the next two days that passed, they focused their efforts on locating the others. In that time, Kyris still remained unconscious—a testament that his wounds were far more extensive than she’d even thought.

On the third day, Xul and Athena were picked up unharmed and on the next, they’d found Kyro and Evren. It was a huge sigh of relief to find that only the outpost where Xul and Athena were staying had been attacked.

They spent the next few days discussing their next moves but Song was far too preoccupied to even care to