Alien Undone by Cara Bristol

Author:Cara Bristol
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alien romance, enemies to lovers, alien abduction romance, forbidden love, humorous sci-fi romance
Publisher: Cara Bristol
Published: 2023-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Millie

Four masked beings in hooded, dark-gray bodysuits stood on the other side of the wall, their weapons pointed right at me. They were covered from head to toe. All I could see were piercing, cold-black eyes.

“What is it?” Nadir called.

One of them pressed a finger to his—her, its?—mouth in a silencing gesture.

“Millie?” Nadir said again.

The masked alien shook his head and caressed the trigger of his blaster with a menacing gloved finger. My knees wobbled with fear, but anger heated my blood. I was getting really, really tired of aliens threatening me. I was damn sure fed up with being kidnapped. This made twice I’d been abducted by aliens. Like being struck by lightning, if it happened once, you’d think the odds of it happening again would be almost nil. You ought to be able to cross it off your list of life experiences. Abducted by aliens? Check!

“I’m coming up,” Nadir said.

“No, don’t do”—he landed on the wall beside me—“that. I’m sorry,” I finished, as his gaze zeroed in on the armed aliens.

One of them jerked his weapon while speaking in a singsong, almost musical voice, which sounded beautiful but I suspected had an ugly meaning. Nadir unclipped his blaster and stunner and tossed them down to the hooded thugs.

Waving his weapon, the alien sang again. Like a gorgeous poisonous flower or an irresistibly cute but vicious animal, the aliens’ language seemed incongruous. Threats shouldn’t sound so melodious.

Nadir sang a few bars, and I felt relieved he could communicate with them until he spoke to me. “He’s ordering us to come down or they’ll kill us,” he said in Terran Universal. “I told them, I’d go down first and then help you.”

He leaped off the wall. As soon as his feet touched the ground, they swarmed around him, singing. Nadir belted out a tune of his own. I would have been impressed by his deep, throaty baritone, except he was singing for his life.

“Stop! Leave him alone,” I cried.

One of the thugs warbled something, and the others retreated. I could see Nadir’s chest move as he exhaled in relief. “Okay, come on down. I’ll catch you.” He held out his arms.

What had we gotten into? Who were these people? Were they the ones who’d destroyed the city? I did not want to join the choir, but I wouldn’t leave Nadir to face the music alone.

“Don’t shoot!” I said and leaped.

Nadir caught me in his muscular arms and eased me to the ground.

The thug who appeared to be in charge, having gotten the others to back off a bit, sang a few notes. I should get me one of those translator thingies. He motioned with the blaster. Catching the gist, we started walking. Maybe I didn’t need a translator. Threat was a universal language.

Nadir and I strode side by side, following the leader who marched on ahead. The other three armed fellows brought up the rear.

“Do you know who these aliens are?” I whispered.

The leader turned around and sang a little ditty.

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