Alien Redeemed by Marie Dry

Author:Marie Dry [Dry, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-28T22:00:00+00:00

17

Her heart beat sped up. Mary was back in the camp. She’d hoped the young girl had escaped, but she’d known, she’d known it wouldn’t happen. But maybe Charl will find them. They could be a family.

She rushed into the tent. “Mary are you—”

She stood frozen. Red blood was sprayed all over the raider who stood with a bloody blade over Mary’s frail body that was lying like a broken doll on the floor. Her lifeless eyes stared into Sarah’s and even in death she could see the suffering and bitter acceptance in those beautiful eyes. “You’re next,” the raider taunted. Sarah screamed and screamed.

“Human, stop screaming.”

The raider sounded strange, inhuman, but somehow less evil. And that didn’t make sense. They were evil, each and every one of them. And one day she’d find a way to kill them all.

“Breeder, open your eyes.”

Why would the raider call her that? Sarah jerked upright, staring into the face of an alien. No, not an alien. Her alien. Zaar, who’d stopped when she’d become frightened. Who’d given her chocolates and told her a story. Who’d taken her on warrior business because it was important to her. She threw her arms around him and held on for dear life, the teddy bear crushed between their bodies. She was glad to see him. Glad to be out of that camp and away from the evil. As long as he was with her, she was safe.

He slowly put his arms around her and shook her slightly. And this time it did comfort her. “Why did you scream? I do not see a threat.”

Sarah clung harder. “I had a nightmare.” It was a bad memory, but there were many worse ones from her time in the camps. Why did this one haunt her now?

He lifted her off the floor. “What is a nightmare?”

Sarah stared at him. “Don’t Zyrgins dream?” She’d give anything not to have the ability. She was sweaty and warm, but she couldn’t stop shivering. She clung to Zaar who was warm and safe.

“Zyrgins do not dream. I have read about dreaming in the reports on humans.”

Sarah looked around, her mind still trapped in that awful tent. She was in Zaar’s room. Safe in his arms, she told herself over and over. She pressed her nose to his chest, breathed him in to dispel the rank smell of that tent, the pallet thick and familiar beneath her, anchoring her in this moment.

“My doctors tell me dreams are caused by impressions stored in the human brain during the day.”

“I suppose so.” She shrugged.

He produced a silver mug with a flourish. “Coffee for my breeder.”

She sucked in a breath at the aroma she thought she’d never smell again. She’d used up her supply a few weeks ago. She took the coffee from him. “Thank you. I’ve run out and I missed it.”

“It is the only worthy product from Earth.”

“Where is yours?”

He produced another cup with the same flourish. “How do you do that?”

He gulped down the coffee in his mug.

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