Alien Tribute by Lee Savino & Golden Angel

Author:Lee Savino & Golden Angel [Savino, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-20T05:00:00+00:00

15

Pareena

About ten minutes after she left, Dawn returns with three warriors, including Arkdhem, and each of them is carrying a chair. Arkdhem is glowering at her, making me worry because the last time I saw him he was nothing but patience and smiles, but she catches my expression and waves her hand.

"Don't worry about the grumpy cinnamon roll, he's just mad because I went out without him."

"I must protect you," Arkdhem says fiercely, with an urgency that reminds me very much of Bogdan. There is an undercurrent to his words that makes it seem as though there is more to what he is saying than mere words. Possibly part of Survivor's Guilt? That would make sense. "I cannot protect you if you wander about without informing me. Do you wish to be captured by the Vgotha again?"

Wait, what's this about Dawn being captured? That hadn’t come up when we talked before and that seems like a pretty big thing! I look at Dawn, startled, but she isn't paying any attention to me. Instead, she sighs and puts her hand on Arkdhem's shoulder. "I told you I was sorry. I just wanted to get some one on one time with Pareena, human to human."

She smiles winningly at him and Arkdhem scowls, but now that I look more closely, I can see that he's more fearful than angry at her. The expression resembles that of a put-upon older brother, doing his best to look after an unruly sibling that he's been put in charge of. Since I know he's basically her bodyguard, that makes sense.

"Anyway, this is Borodem and this is Corin," Dawn says, smiling at them. They don't smile back exactly but they do look at her fondly. "They are off duty and willing to be part of our experiment."

"Anything for the Tributes," Borodem says seriously, bowing his head slightly. Corin nods, just as serious.

"If there is a battle, we will protect you with our lives."

They aren't as broody and closed off as Bogdan, but they aren't as open as Arkdhem either. On the other hand, Arkdhem is also nodding in agreement at Corin's comment, just as serious as the other two. Maybe being serious is just a Tsenturion trait, even if Arkdhem smiled more when it was just him, Dawn, and me.

"Come on in and sit down," I say, gesturing. As they move past me, I pull Dawn to my side and whisper. "Did you tell them what the 'experiment' is?"

"No," she admits, whispering back. "I wasn't sure they'd come if I did."

Great. Well this should be interesting.

I move over to the bed so the warriors can put down their chairs facing it, giving Dawn and me a comfortable and more informal place to sit. I don't want this to be a formal thing, since I'm going to be asking questions about emotional stuff.

"What would you like us to do?" Arkdhem asks as he sits down. His annoyance at Dawn seems to have dissipated entirely and he is smiling slightly at me, waiting to hear what he's been called there for.

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