Alien Most Wanted: Unchained (Folsom Planet Blues Book 4) by Honey Phillips

Author:Honey Phillips [Phillips, Honey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-04-13T16:00:00+00:00

A long time later, she curled against him on their mossy bed. Her body was limp and relaxed, her thoughts lazy and peaceful as she ran her fingers across the velvety softness of his skin. Were all Yarasans like him?

“What were your parents like?” she asked curiously.

He stared up at the rocks overhead. “It’s… complicated. My father was very busy, of course, but he always made time for me. He taught me to hunt and began my warrior training. My mother liked to play games with me. She told me stories and encouraged my interest in the books.”

“They sound like good parents.”

“They were, individually. It was more difficult when all of us were together.”

“Why?”

“Because my father had been in love with another female. I suspect perhaps he still was—and so did my mother. It was hard on her, on both of them.”

How sad. She couldn’t imagine living with a man—having a family with him—knowing that he didn’t love her.

“What happened to them?”

His body stiffened. “They died in an accident when I was twelve. At least, I thought it was an accident.”

“You don’t know?”

“I never discovered any evidence to the contrary, but I wasn’t looking for it at the time. But I’ve had a long time to think since I’ve been here, and I’ve begun to wonder if perhaps it wasn’t an accident after all.”

He stared off into the distance, his claws tapping together slowly, until she put her hand on his arm. Then he turned and smiled down at her, obviously shaking off the memory.

“What about your parents, little blossom? What were they like?”

“I’m not really sure I know,” she said slowly. “My father was wealthy—very wealthy—but it was never enough. As far as I can tell, it was the only thing that ever really mattered to him.”

In some ways, she was grateful. His wealth had allowed for the special provisions to make her life easier, had paid for doctors and attendants, and all of her physical needs, but she wished she had seen any sign that he cared for her.

“I saw very little of him,” she added.

“And your mother?”

The familiar pang of sorrow welled up inside her. “I saw a lot more of her. She spent a good part of my life watching over me like a hawk. A bird of prey,” she added at his confused look.

“That does not sound… loving.”

“I think you’re right, but at the time, I thought she watched over me because she cared.”

“You no longer think that was true?”

“No. When I decided to make a home of my own, she objected, of course, and I was worried that she would try and take over.” She had been so determined to fight for the life she wanted, but it hadn’t been a fight after all. “But as soon as I left, it was like she forgot about me. At first, she called me every week, but it was more as if she was checking something off her list than because she really cared about how I was doing.

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