Page 19 of The Alien Warrior's Vow

“I’m the one who warned them about the bomb.” Her voice sounded from behind Helix’s exoskeleton. It slowly peeled back to reveal her beautiful face. “Was that your idea?”

“You warned them about the bombafterstepping on it.”

“But I thought fast so it didn’t explode on us,” Eema huffed.

“She did.” Ki-ah dismounted the steps her zapten created for her.

“I’m with Ki-ah.” Lilliana scoffed, handing out flasks of dama. “Seriously? Who decided to put a real bomb in our training?”

“Me.” Clavas moved forward, holding a flask to Eema. “Thirsty?”

She nodded. “Extremely.”

Clavas smiled.

Lans frowned at their interaction.

“You females did not falter.” Clavas addressed the rest of Eema’s comrades. “Not that I expected you to.”

“Are you just trying to gas us up, Clavas?” Ki-ah teased.

Zar arched an eyebrow. “Had you been in the meeting, you would have voted for this?”

“If you had asked my opinion, I would have been on the females’ side.” Clavas nodded firmly. “And reminded you of who rescued us from the Heronas dungeon. It was not any Plutonian but a human female who broke us out.”

“I was pretty fierce back there.” Sah-ah tossed her curls over her shoulder.

Korben kissed her temple. “Indeed, my heras.”

Zar wrapped his arms around Si-Moon and held her tight. “I still think this is incredibly dangerous.”

“But you have to admit,” Si-Moon patted the warrior’s cheeks with a dark hand, “we’re not half bad for only three days of training.”

“You were quite… tempting in that suit.”

Si-Moon smirked, sharing a secret look with her mate.

“See that?” Eema arched an eyebrow at him. “See how they’re praising their students?”

“I only offer praise when it is deserved.” Lans folded his arms over his chest. He did not believe in handing out compliments simply because a female was beautiful.

As stunning as Eema was, he needed her to be focused.

If she got hurt because of him…

Neh.

That was not an option.

Eema’s eyes sharpened. “How sweet of you.”

“I thought you were quite fast on your feet,” Clavas said.

“Yeah, yeah.” Eema sent a scowl his way.

“Does my praise mean nothing, Eema?” Clavas asked, laughing.

“You’re biased.”

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