Page 3 of Her Alien Hero
"Lucky?" My voice, barely more than a squeak, sounded breathless.
"Their DNA was not a close enough match for what we needed."
"And what…what do you need them for?"Shut up, Lilly, just shut up.But my curiosity had always been my undoing.
"For mating."
I whipped my head around to stare at both aliens then backed away.
The golden-eyed, purple-skinned alien stalked forward, a look of interest on his face. He opened his mouth in what I thought to be a smile, revealing sharp teeth like daggers.
Something bumped the back of my spine and I froze. Another table, probably, but I didn't dare take my attention from the alien because he stalked forward, a predatory gleam in his stare.
"Do you smell that, Baraxen? She's primed and ready for us."
Barney—or Baraxen—walked toward me, his eyes softening. "Stop it, Voren. You're scaring her."
"Good. She should be scared. To be bonded and mated with not just one Volderen—but two—will test her limits." The purple alien named Voren stalked right against me, his face only inches from mine.
"I'm not mating with you monsters." True panic stirred in my bones.Please wake up, please wake up, please wake up.
"Perhaps not yet, but you will, Lilly." Voren flicked out his split tongue and ran it over his fangs. "And I promise you this," he said, his form no more than an inch away.
I tried not to cringe, but it was no use. Terror poured through me. Would I become like these other human beings lying motionless in their beds? Would they experiment on me? Was this really happening?
"I will have you screaming from the pleasure we will bring. As long as you behave. If not," he dipped his head and laid a hand on my neck, "we will punish you which brings its own kind of pleasure, though you may not see it that way."
I ran, but he was faster. Gripping my shoulder, he bent his mouth toward mine, our breaths mingling. "First lesson, Lilly.Neverrun. It excites the beast within me."
My muscles shook. Tears threatened to spill onto my cheeks.Don't you dare cry.But if I cried, it would be from the anger building inside of me. "Fuck off," I spat, raising my knee at the same time.
The smack of my leg smashing his crotch gave a satisfying thump. I just hoped he had balls in the same place human men did.
Apparently so, because the big alien stumbled backward and collapsed to his knees. "D'janit deh-o!" He motioned to Baraxen, then to me. "Tame her, Brax, orIwill."
Baraxen's blue eyes seemed to sparkle with mirth as he responded to the other man in the same language.
Voren snarled, then slowly got to his feet, his hands still cupping his crotch. "You will pay for that." Turning, he stalked away. A door in the wall opened with a quick hiss of sound and he disappeared.
"You shouldn't have done that," Baraxen said. He held out a hand. "Come. I'll take you to your quarters."
"Go fuck yourself." I wasn't about to be a good little human for these aliens. "You took me from my home. Youkidnappedme."
He stopped a few feet away and crossed his arms over his chest. Where Voren resembled a gladiator, Baraxen had a runner’s body with sleek, toned muscle built for stamina.
"It may seem that way right now, but your perspective may change once you get to know us."
"I don't want to know you. I don't want anything to do with you."
"What you want doesn't matter. It's whatweneed." He gestured behind me, where the other humans slept or dreamed or whatever. "If you don't cooperate, these people will die. You're the only one who can save them."
"What?"He's trying to manipulate me into obedience, that's all.Yet something in his words felt dire.
"Come with me. Don't force us to make this happen. Voren enjoys submission, but I do not. I'd prefer my mate to be my equal and a little less feral."
"I'm not your mate. We're not even the same species." Maybe I should've been more concerned about being held captive on an alien ship, but the idea of mating with these barbaric aliens made my skin crawl.
"Which is exactly why your DNA calls to ours. Survival of a race depends on strength, adaptability, and lust. Tell me you don't feel it, too."
