Page 7 of Possessed By the Alien Guard
CHAPTER FIVE
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Jillian
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WHAT THE HELL just happened?
I ran, my boots pounding against the hard ground, sending jolts of shock shivering through my body.Panting, I gasped for breath, my heart racing.
No-no-no-no-no.I can’t have screwed everything up!
A sob caught in my throat, but I swallowed it down.If growing up without parents had taught me one thing, it was that crying never did any good.The Moretti’s were always kind, but they both worked in food production, which meant long hours of hard labor.There’d never been a lot of energy left over.
God!I didn’t even get any tech!Hopefully, the vid I’d filmed had caught something, anything, to make all of this worthwhile.
But his words echoed in my head: “You have lost the planet for your people.”His voice had been deep—so deep it had vibrated in my chest.
I slowed as the path grew steeper.
The enemy shouldn’t have been so handsome—it wasn’t right.But the high, sharp cheekbones and the piercing green eyes were better than anything I’d ever imagined.
And his smell!I licked my lips.Spicy, like something that might taste sweet or might taste like fire.My body tingled with excitement.
This is wrong, JJ.Even for you, it’s wrong!
Sure, I’d been a bit wild when I was younger, but that didn’t mean I wanted to screw an alien, did it?
And was he coming after me even now?The constant rush of river water covered all but the loudest of sounds he might have made.I risked a glance over my shoulder, but the curve of the mountain hid the varoolian building.
I kept going.Wind slapped me in the face with the first sting of rain, and the sky darkened dramatically overhead.The storm had almost found me.My boots skittered across loose gravel.I had to get across the river before things got worse.The raised rocks I used to cross were tricky under good circumstances, and pouring rain would make them slippery.
Thunder rumbled, loud enough that it seemed to shake the ground beneath my feet.Another glance back showed a dark blur of movement.My heart rate spiked.
He was chasing me.
God!He already had proof I’d violated the peace agreement.What more did he want?
A sick, heavy feeling twisted my stomach.I darted forward.
