Alien Shield: A SciFi Alien Romance (Fated Mates of the Sea Sand Warlords Book 8) by Ursa Dax

Author:Ursa Dax [Dax, Ursa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ursa Dax
Published: 2022-04-03T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Serena

Wait, what? Excuse me? Was that a trick question? A prank? I stared into Xyan’s face. Even with the lack of light, I could see the hard, serious stone mask of his expression. He didn’t look like he was joking or playing a prank. Hell, the guy was so serious I couldn’t see him ever trying to play a prank on anyone. And frankly, as a fairly clumsy human already prone to embarrassing myself, I appreciated that about him. Immensely.

“Why do you ask?” I blustered, trying to buy myself some time. Not because I needed time to come up with the answer – I didn’t. The answer to his question was one and the same as who had asked the question. It would be Xyan I chose, hands down. And not just because I was insanely attracted to him. But because everything I’d seen from him so far had shown him to be a thoughtful, steady, intelligent, and generous person. The kind of person I’d want to be around no matter what he looked like.

Although his looks certainly didn’t hurt.

“It is merely something that I need to know,” he ground out, his voice unusually low and tense.

“Merely something you need to know,” I scoffed, repeating his words in disbelief. “Merely!”

He was going to upset my whole equilibrium for a “merely?”

Was this some attempt at flirtation? He seemed way too growly and tense to be flirty, though. Did Sea Sand guys even flirt at all? Good lord, I was way out of my depth here. I couldn’t get a read on this situation for the life of me.

Now trying to buy myself some space as well as some time, I scooted to the edge of the natural stone bench I’d been sitting on.

I underestimated the slickness of the stone. With a cry, I slipped off the edge, plunging into the water.

I didn’t have time to even try to get my feet under me. A huge splash exploded next to me then two huge, strong hands gripped my arms, pulling me upwards and out of the water. I gasped, blinking rapidly as water ran down my face and into my eyes. I realized that my feet still weren’t on the rocky ground. Xyan’s grip had shifted – the metal bars of Xyan’s arms were locked against my waist, holding me up against him. Experimentally, I kicked my feet a little. Nope, nothing. No contact. He was holding my entire body weight up so that my feet didn’t even reach the ground.

Where there was contact, though? My entire torso against his. My stomach and breasts pressed into his hard front as I finally blinked enough water out of my eyes to meet his gaze again.

“Are you alright?” Xyan asked urgently.

“Yes, thanks. I probably would have been alright without you jumping in, just so you know. But I appreciate it all the same, especially since you don’t like water.” Growing up near the ocean in Newfoundland, I’d learned to swim before I’d learned to walk.

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