Alien Devil’s Gamble (Black Star Mates Book 1) by Ava York

Author:Ava York [York, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

DRAVEN

As if Elara wasn’t already jumpy enough, this clumsy waiter spilling his drinks on me certainly didn’t help the evening run any smoother. My damned suit was ruined, and in the waiter’s efforts to fix things, he only made it worse.

“I’m so sorry, sir!” he exclaimed with a panicked look in his eyes. He dabbed a handkerchief on me with shaky hands. “Let me get this for you.”

“Quit it. You’re only spreading the stains!”

I was about to shout at him but took a deep breath to calm myself. Me hollering at one of my staff probably wasn’t going to help Elara feel any cooler. Shrugging, I turned around.

“Sorry Elara, I—What in the seven galaxies!”

She was nowhere to be seen. She was standing here by my side just a moment ago. I spun back around, grabbing the waiter by the collar of his uniform.

“Did you see the human woman that was here with me just a second ago?” I demanded.

“No,” said the waiter with a face full of fear.

I shoved him away and shot my eyes around my immediate surroundings. People still moved in masses from the ballroom floor to the nearby bars, at too quick of a pace for me to make out anyone’s faces. It didn’t help that each of them wore a mask as part of the party dress code.

Even with all the species on the station, enough were roughly humanoid to slow me down.

I called out Elara’s name as a sense of dread brewed inside of me, forming a pit in my stomach.

She was here just a minute ago. Where the hell could she have gone?

Too many of the women here were wearing the same type of metallic mask Elara had on. I grabbed the nearest woman and pulled off the mask. The stranger screamed. I grunted and let go of her, returning my gaze to the crowd as I darted my eyes back and forth.

In the far distance, I spotted Ryrik looking at me from a raised platform with a concerned expression. I signaled for him to come over to me as I pushed through the crowd.

Each person was moved in the opposite direction, so it was like pushing against a hovercar at full force. Ryrik reached the bottom floor just as I emerged from the other side.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

“It’s Elara,” I informed him. “She’s disappeared from me. Have you seen her?”

He shook his head. Cursing, I bit my hand in frustration, casting another hopeless gaze amongst the guests. I turned back to Ryrik. “Seal each and every one of the exits immediately!”

He whipped out his percomm and informed the rest of the team. I spotted some of them running along the walls, rapidly moving towards every portal door to the outside world.

“Check everywhere. I’m going to have a look at the bars.”

I pressed toward the nearest bar, praying that she went on ahead. I move from counter to counter, each unsuccessful search slowly filling the pit of dread inside of me.

I remained composed in the face of all of the guests, trying not to rouse panic as I returned a smile.

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