Page 67 of Secretly Mated To My Monster Alien Boss
“She does love her human sayings.” Rynar sighed happily. Deryg wasn’t afraid to admit that he’d doubted Rynar and Alissia’s union at first. It was the only official human-Deruzian marriage so far. Nazyn and Darcy were still planning theirs and Zaryn and Lily had this wild idea of doing it on Deruzia, which took a lot of organizing.
But he didn’t doubt Rynar and Alissia now. The legends were true. The universe had created them for each other, in the same way the Nines had smiled upon Deryg and Kiara.
“Regardless,” Yakirian said. “This was a grave offense and we need to act accordingly while we are on this planet.”
“It was the offense of one man. Richard,” Zaryn said, ever the voice of peace and reason, despite the power he held in hisstrong arms. His brain was even more formidable, rivaling only that of Nazyn.
“And he will get the brunt of our revenge,” Yakirian went on. “But we cannot deny that some humans don’t want us here. At the advice of our elders, we have tried to be as non-threatening as Deruzians can be. That has not helped.”
“I agree with getting revenge on Richard. Though I don’t see how being more threatening can help,” Nazyn said. “We want to build a solid alliance with Earth.”
“And we will. But hiding our real strength has not helped us,” Yakirian said.
“I agree,” Deryg said. “Humans don’t understand how powerful we are.”
Humans were powerful, too, in their own way. They had gifts Deruzians could only ever imagine and probably would never evolve to have. But when it came to brute strength, combat, and coordination, Deruzia triumphed. It was the natural result of coming from a warring planet, even though they’d left their violent past behind them. “Perhaps, if humans would have known we are a force to be reckoned with, they would have not attacked us. Not just last night. Rynar and Alissia almost got shot on their wedding night.”
“There’s also the problem of humans who work with us,” Nazyn said. “Some of them are shunned. I saw the way some looked at Darcy at the forum. With disdain in their eyes.”
“That is also true and unfortunate. We need to protect all of our employees and associates, humans and Deruzians alike,” Yakirian said. “Most of them accept us. We need to figure out a way to make the others do it, as well.”
“Will they?” Rynar asked, not sounding convinced.
“We can try our very best to convince them to. More aliens will come to Earth. Deruzia must pave the way for intergalactic treaties with them,” Yakirian said. “Before some other violentspecies find Earth and want to claim it, instead of cooperating with it. I have spoken with the elders and, Nines help me, I don’t agree with some of their ideas. One of them suggested a show of force–”
“Was it Oona?” Zaryn said. “It sounds like Oona.”
Deryg huffed a laugh. It did sound like her. Zaryn's aunt was peculiar and not one to back down from a challenge.
Yakirian shook his head. “That’s not important.”
“It was definitely Oona,” Zaryn whispered to Deryg.
“But I agree with them on one important aspect–the traitor Richard needs to pay for what he has done,” Yakirian said, thunder in his eyes. Nazyn rumbled his agreement. “He attacked not only Deruzians and the other aliens, but humans as well. On Deruzia, he would have been executed for raising a weapon against his own kind.”
Murmurs of agreement erupted around the table. Deryg wanted to suffocate the life out of this Richard himself and he’d never met the man.
“He’s a coward, too,” Nazyn hissed. “He fled before he could pay for his sins.”
“That makes him dangerous,” Yakirian said. “Deruzians and humans are looking for him. A hunted being isn’t a logical one. He will strike again and we need to be prepared.”
The murmurs got louder. Every Deruzian in this room wanted to find Richard–and one of them would.
“Now.” Yakirian leaned forward, menace and cold revenge in his eyes. “Let’s come up with a strategy that will help both Earth and Deruzia.”
The day was long, and the discussions turned hard and heated. At one point, Jaryn and Zaryn both jumped to their feet, chairs banging to the ground as they faced off because of a technicality in Alien Inc.’s rules of conduct. Rynar managed totalk both of them back into their seats, but they still sent each other murderous looks until the end of the meeting.
Earth’s bright star had almost set by the time they’d devised a plan that could protect humans and Deruzians alike, without causing more tension.
It was mad.
It was wild.
It just might work.
“We will succeed,” Deryg said as Yakirian adjourned the meeting and Deruzians began filtering out. Rynar and Nazyn made sure to keep Zaryn away from Jaryn as they left the room.
Today had been rough, but it held the promise of a better future on Earth. Now it was time to return to Kiara.
