Page 62 of Feral Mates
I gave him a hard look. “Not even a little. I’m serious, Kai. You need to promise me that you won’t go after someone. That just can’t happen; I won’t be able to protect you.” My God. I really did want to keep them from harm’s way. What did that say about me?
“Humans are not our friends, Savannah, but we didn’t have any intention of hurting the family. The wolves wanted to tear them apart and not for food. They were vicious, rogue wolves that were out for blood.”
“That means your entire species will be blamed. They’re hunting you. Every wolf. You heard the announcement. They won’t stop until you’re dead and buried. I won’t allow that to happen.”
Every time one of them smirked, I wanted to smack the expression off their faces. “I would love to see you try and protect us, little mate.”
“Don’t push me. You won’t like what happens when I’m pushed. Just ask anyone. I’m a bitch.” I fisted my hand, realizing that my natural urges were to protect them as well. Why?
“Understood,” Kai said. Still amused.
While I was still annoyed.
“Good. I hope you do. I’m not some pushover scientist chick. I can fend for myself. That’s something my father made certain of. And trust me. He was a crack shot. Make yourselves right at home. My father also has a superior computer system. I need to see if his login information is the same as before. Then I’m going to ascertain what in the hell we’re dealing with.”
“Us against the world.”
There was something almost hypnotic about his voice, yet the meaning was very clear. I thought about his suggestion. “Yes, I guess so.”
“There may come a point when there won’t be time for guessing.”
Everything about his words was chilling. “Maybe. We’ll deal with that when the time comes.” And I prayed to God it didn’t.
“What information do you have?”
“Tests on the molecular structure of quantum strands. Initially it was in hopes of doing communicating with and learning from a parallel universe found accidentally.” When he looked at me quizzically, I smiled. “Think of them as building blocks for all matter and the forces of the universe. It’s really quite simple in theory. They are one-dimensional, but necessary in the creation of all beings. We managed to introduce them to the energy fields coming from light sources within the portal. We offered various stimuli in hopes of increasing what limited connections we had.”
“Did you?”
“Yes, we did early on. Then our project expanded and I felt this close to proving the strands had far too much intelligence to be light refractions and cosmic pulses, which is what other scientists have believed for years,” I said with certainty. “Other dimensions can be very small yet hold significant and powerful data. The origin of our world and many others is thought to be powered by the strands. To put it simply, my tests were close to confirming dozens if not thousands of lifeforms were waiting for us to communicate with them. Unfortunately, I believe the breakthrough was being used in an entirely different way.”
Kai cocked his head, listening intently, but saying nothing.
“I considered this implausible until the other day, more like science fiction than science, but at this point, I would believe almost anything. I believe our tests have been used to establish new lifeforms utilizing strands from both dimensions. Once achieved, and you standing in front of me proves it has already been done, it’s likely that the hybrid could be more easily controlled. Imagine the power. Anyone who controlled such a magnificent discovery could rule the world and beyond.”
“But you don’t believe that’s possible as of yet.”
I shook my head. While my thoughts were still being pieced together into anything substantive, the more time went by and my brain mentally went through the testing exercises, I realized neither the energy nor the lifeforms would allow anyone to restrain them. “No, I don’t. There’s too much power, too much intelligence to be controlled.”
He sensed my excitement, his chest rising and falling as his pulse increased. “What if all those lifeforms aren’t considered positive?”
“You mean if they are here for evil purposes.”
“Yes.”
“Then the portal needs to be shut down and never reopened.”
“Why?” Kai asked as he searched my eyes.
“Because if they can’t be kept constrained, they could alter the face of our universe in horrible ways. Once unleashed, there might never be a way of stopping them, whatever their intentions might be, or the damage done.”
Kai cupped my face with more force than he’d done before. He narrowed his eyes while lifting my head. “Then that’s what we must do. The lifeforms must not be allowed to exist.”
Nodding, I still wasn’t certain what to say. “You should know that if any of what I’m suggesting is true and it’s confirmed the lifeforms are dangerous and destructive, any being entering this universe would be hunted and destroyed. They won’t allow the chance for the phenomenon to occur again. At least not in our lifetime. Do you understand what I’m telling you?”
Apollo and Roman appeared, standing in the foyer and watching our interaction with mixed interest. Kai barely gave them a glance or a thought before answering. “That means we will be exterminated.”
“That’s what I’m afraid of.” And what I didn’t want.
