Page 117 of The Alien Warrior's Vow

“I’m in.” Simone shrugged. “It’s humansandPlutoninas, isn’t it? We deserve to do some butt-whupping of our own.”

“Humans,” Chozo’s voice squawked, “your mates left very explicit instructions that you—”

“Let’s do it!” Lilliana grinned.

“Sara? Emma? Simone? Lilliana? Kia? Do you want Korben and Lans to kill me?” Chozo gasped. “Pin is going to skin me alive. And Zar… I can’t even imagine what Zar will do to me.”

“We’ll be fine, Chozo.” Emma’s eyes landed on the massive spaceship that was three hills away.

She plugged her earpiece out and nodded at the other ladies.

Together, they started running toward the ship.

The closer they got to the alpha’s camp, the more Plutonians they saw fighting against the Ungazi. Without their weapons, the enemy was just a beastly being with grey skin and beady yellow eyes.

Emma spotted the alpha immediately. He was standing at the far end of the camp. His body was twice the size of the other Ungazi’s and he wielded a sharp two-pronged spear.

Just then, Emma felt Lans’s shock and anger flash through her neural connector.

“Eema?” Lans boomed.

She spun and found him tearing an Ungazi’s body in half as he stormed her way.

“Sah-ah?” Korben made a bee-line for them.

Emma opened her mouth but, from the corner of her eye, she saw an Ungazi flying toward Sara. Springing into action, she threw a laser blast toward it. Energy trembled through the suit and lit it up from the inside.

Lans skidded back, his eyes wide. “Did you just…?”

“Yes.” She dipped her chin at him. Then her eyes found the rest of the guys. “You can scold me later.”

“We’re standing with you,” Kia said, eyes narrowed.

Sara nodded.

Simone turned to Zar. “Let’s finish this.”

They raced side-by-side.

Humans and Plutonians.

Mates.

Friends.

The humans opened fire with their blasters while the Plutonians fought with their bare hands. The alpha roared, its yellow eyes glowing red.

Emma jumped back as it swiped at her.

Lans’s anger increased and he jumped on the alpha’s back, pulling at his neck.

Korben slashed the alpha’s neck with a dagger.

Pin slashed his stomach.

Zar knocked him back with a punch that spurted fluids everywhere.

The alpha rocked and then fell to the ground with a thud that shook under their feet.

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