Page 118 of The Alien Warrior's Vow

All at once, the other Ungazis dropped like flies.

One by one.

She turned slowly and saw only Plutonians standing in the bright fingers of the dawn.

“We did it, guys.” Lilliana grinned. “We—”

“Sah-ah!” Korben shouted, cutting her off.

Horror filled Emma’s heart when she saw her strong, beautiful friend closing her eyes, her dark skin dripping with sweat. A moment later, Sara fainted into Korben’s arms.

Thirty-Four

Lans

Korben glaredat his mate who rested against his side around the table. “If you ever scare me like that again, my heras—”

“Alright. Alright.” Sah-ah huffed. “I heard you the first three hundred times.”

Korben’s head whipped around to take in Ga Eun who sat at the end of the table next to Rune. “Are you sure—”

“Yes, Korben. I am very sure that this happens to most humans during pregnancy. We tire very easily and we sometimes faint.”

“How many times must you ask, terros?” Lans chuckled.

“I am just making sure. When you and Eema go through the same thing, you’ll understand.”

Lans frowned. “Not every female has to—”

“Lans,” Eema glanced up at him with a smirk, “ifwe ever go through such a thing, you’ll have it worse than anyone.”

Lans gulped nervously.

Neh.

Eema was not saying that she would consider having his broods.

And he would not assume such.

She squeezed his hand and her lips tilted up slowly.

He continued to glower at her, even as he pulled her a little closer to him.

The moment the Plutonians had won victory over the Ungazi, Lans had dragged Eema aside and scolded her for making such a ridiculously dangerous decision.

“How could you join us in battle?” he’d bellowed.

“Because I wanted to.”

“Wanted…” He grasped at his head. “You could have been hurt or killed—”

“But I wasn’t.”

“Female…” he’d growled.

“So you just expected me to set some markers and jump out of the way so the guys could battle an evil alien race that wanted to kill us? No, Lans. I’m not going to do that. I’m not afraid anymore. I have something to fight for. And I have someone I love. If we fight, we fight together.”

Conversation had been cut short for, at that moment, he’d grabbed her by the waist and crushed her lips with his own. Had they not been surrounded by Plutonians, he would have ripped her out of the exoskeleton and rocked her with his heat.

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