Baki: Stranded With An Alien, A Sci-fi Holiday Tail by Ella Maven

Author:Ella Maven [Maven, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: needs an amazon review
Published: 2022-11-11T05:00:00+00:00

SIX

Baki

Thea was talking a lot like Lu, but she hadn’t asked for food yet. I expected that was coming and mentally calculated how much I could let her eat before I had to go hunting again. I’d do it, but I wouldn’t leave her when she was still feeling the effects of the yuza.

She was also…touchy and affectionate in a way I never thought she’d be. Thea had a personal boundary around her at all times which I respect. But now she was grabbing at my face, playing with the ends of my hair, running her fingertips across my shoulders. I didn’t mind—I more than liked it—but if she kept going, I was not going to be able to hide my growing evidence of how much I enjoyed her touch

“I’m sure you have a wonderful village and lots of cute little blue babies running around, but I’m bad luck and I will absolutely fuck up the vibe,” Thea said, tugging at a stray fiber on my pants. “So I’ll visit and then… go somewhere else.”

She was under the impression that I wouldn’t do everything I could do ensure her health and happiness. “What is luck?”

“Luck is…your chance of winning or being happy. And my odds are definitely losing and being miserable.”

That was nonsense “Luck is not a thing.”

She eyed me. “Uh, it definitely is.”

“No, Fatas rewards or punishes us based on our behavior and here, on this planet, she will reward you.”

“That’s sweet you think that. How do you know I’m a good person?”

“Because I know,” I insisted. “Fatas kept you alive to meet me. And you make me happy.”

She placed hand dramatically on her chest. “Me? How in the hell have I made you happy?”

“You are strong and stubborn. You like to help and be busy. You are a fighter, but you also like when I take care of you. And taking care of you makes me happy.”

She eyed me. “You’re too good to be true. You sure you don’t have a mate?”

The recognition was coming back into her eyes. The yuza was still there, floating around in her blood, but it was time to tell her the truth. “Our females all died almost two hundred cycles ago. Only male warriors are left.”

For a moment, she didn’t react, and then her eyes nearly bulged out of her head. “What?”

“A virus wiped them out, and a lot happened after that. We left to live at our sister planet with a race we thought wanted to be our allies, but instead wanted to enslave us. We fought them and moved back home with some human females we rescued.”

Her breath whistled between her teeth. “Well shit. Are you sure Fatas is who you want to believe in?”

“Yes,” I said firmly. “Because you’re here in front of me. I would never wish for you to be taken from your home, but now you’re with me, and I’m with you. That’s enough evidence of Fatas for me.

She shifted closer and picked up one of my hands and ran her fingers over my knuckles.

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