Alien Defender’s Chosen Bride by Juno Wells

Author:Juno Wells [Wells, Juno]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-03T22:00:00+00:00

11 Battle of a Lifetime

Narcis

My queen is resting as I stand guard outside her door. She is crushed to discover she is likely infected with a Vithacan parasite. Her tears tore a gigantic rip in my soul and brought every protective instinct in my primitive psyche to the fore.

“You’re going to have to let the healers in there when they arrive. You do know that, don’t you?”

I’m so worked up that I flare my wings and bare my teeth at my own sire. “Stay back. If you come near, I will do what I must to protect my queen.” Some part of my mind knows that my sire and spawn-mates would never harm my queen. However, the larger part is concerned only with ensuring she is not made to feel dirty or sick because of the parasite.

My sire spreads his arms in a gesture to let me know he is unarmed and has no intention of attacking. “Be reasonable, my scion.”

“I will rip your throat out if you take another step closer.” My spawn-mates sound off their shock and disapproval, but I am not weak or stupid. I’m am standing guard over a queen who has been infected with a Vithacan parasite. Any self-respecting male would kill me to get her. Destroying an infected queen is the fastest and easiest way to stem the spread of the parasite. My sire knows what is running through my mind and tries to get me to back down.

“We are not just any males, Narcis. We are you family. Do not pin the dark motivations of others onto us.” Gesturing behind him to Argon, Val and Rruk, he continues. “We will allow no harm to come to our new queen.”

I step back and try to wrestle my instincts back under control. “I want the parasite removed. She will be well once it is gone.”

My father nods his agreement. “I spoke with the healers myself. They believe she is in the beginning stages of joining. They’re convinced that if she hasn’t been infected for more than a turn of the seasons, they can excise it from her brainstem.”

“I will watch over her while they work. If they attempt to terminate her life, I will kill them.”

His exasperated stare is because he has been unable to muscle me into following his orders, not because I’m wrong. We both know my queen is now at high risk for being terminated. We have lived under the rule of infected queens before and know all too well their vicious ways. If they get a foothold on this world there will be no stopping them. I would not be surprised if, instead of healers, they send an army of warriors with orders to kill her and burn her remains into ashes.

It is my eldest spawn-mate who speaks his mind. “We do not even know for certain if she is infected. If anything, they will send healers first to verify that Queen Willow is carrying the parasite before deciding best how to rid themselves of the threat.

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