Page 30 of Mated in the Stars
Unfortunately, for them they’d brought a few explosives with them. Ak’kel took five of his explosives off his belt and placed them at each corner of the door and then one in the middle of the door.
“Take cover.” Ak’kel instructed his men as he backed up. This might cause some small metal shrapnel. They might hit his mate if she was inside the room. It was a risk he’d have to take in order to save his mate from the space pirates. Better she be a little beat up than kept a prisoner of these pirates.
Kneeling, he pressed a button on his belt and ducked his head.
The small explosion shook the immediate area, and Ak’kel heard the clink of metal shrapnel hit the walls around him. When the smoke cleared, he and his men slowly rose andapproached the whole in the wall, the door completely blown out. The sound of metal crunching under his boots was the only sound.
Entering the room, Ak’kel froze when he spotted a human male holding a knife to Sara’s throat.
“Don’t approach!” The male called out, his hand shaking, causing the sharp blade of the knife to cut into Sara’s throat, a trickle of blood dripping a trail down the column of her throat. Her head lolled to the side, and Ak’kel could tell she was unconscious. Thankfully, she wouldn’t have felt the small prick of the blade
Ak’kel’s black eyes traced the line, before they flickered back to the human male. A snarl warped his lips as he kept his plasma pistol trained on the threat.
“I will kill her.” The male threatened.
Ak’kel could feel the anger radiating off the men around him. All of them were Vrak’rir, and to threaten a mate grated at each and every one of them.
“Trust me, human, when I say the only one who won’t make it out of here alive is you.” Ak’kel growled, giving the slightest nod of his head.
A male beside Ak’kel had a plasma rifle aimed at the human, and with that slight nod, he fired one plasma shot. The human male tried to react, but the shot hit him square in the face, splattering his brains across the wall behind him.
Darting forward, Ak’kel wrapped an arm around Sara’s waist, cinching her tight to his side. Her head still lolled to the side, but he felt the steady pace of her heart under her ribcage, reassuring him that she was alive.
Holstering his weapon at his side, Ak’kel kneeled, placing an arm under the backs of her knees, and then rose with her safely tucked into his embrace. “Around us.” Ak’kelcommanded his men as he made for their ship, ready to leave this pirate vessel long behind him.
It was time he and his mate got better acquainted.
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"Oh, you have got to be kidding me." Sara groaned when she opened her eyes and saw Ak'kel storming into the medical bay. First, she got caught by her ex and now she was back in the hands of the Vrak’rir? What had she done to piss off the universe recently? She lived an honest life as a scavenger.
“I heard she was awake.” His frantic black eyes searched the medical bay until they landed on her. With just a few strides he was at the side of her medical bed. "Is anything wrong?” He asked, but his eyes never left her.
Another Vrak’rir stepped forward in some black scrubs, only highlighting his blue skin and black swirling tattoos. "No. She'll live, but she'll have a few scars to remember the experience by." He stated calmly, not even shaken by the growl that curled Ak’kel’s lips.
"Guess you'll still get to rip my head from my shoulders." She remarked dryly as she stretched an arm and winced at the pain in her shoulder from where a plasma shot had hit her.
"Not in my medical bay. You can rip her head off once she's healed and out of here." Then the Vrak’rir doctor turned and went to tend to his other duties.
"I said those words to you before I knew what you were to me." Ak’kel seemed to grump with exasperation that she’d hold it against him.
"Is that an apology?" Sara wasn't sure to believe her own ears.
He huffed a laugh. "In my own way, I suppose it is."
"Did you happen to hit your head since the last time we met?" Sara narrowed her eyes on the Vrak’rir before her. Something about him felt different… like he’d had a personality change since the last time they’d encountered each other. She figured he’d be more pissed on their next reunion.
"I can assure you I am in perfect health." Ak’kel said as he tried to grab her hand.
Sara ripped it away from him as she scowled up at him. "Oh, no. Sorry.” She held up a hand as if warding him off. “No holding hands for you."
He glared back down at her but let it go. "Tell me about this human courtship."
"Umm, I'm a little more concerned about the state of my ship than explaining how humans court each other." Sara scoffed with a roll of her eyes.
"My men are onboard your ship." Ak’kel shrugged a large blue shoulder. "The pirates were defeated."
Sara glanced away and when she looked back she found Ak’kel studying her intensely.
