Betrayed: The Fallen World Series Book 3 by Jane C.R. & Young Mila

Author:Jane, C.R. & Young, Mila
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

(Ella)

“You sure you can fly this thing?” I asked, emerging from the back compartment where Dad had fallen asleep. My pulse was thudding too loudly for me to take stock of my emotions, but amid the darkness, happiness swept over me at finding my father. I never thought I would and had given up hope so many years ago. Even held my own farewell ceremony for him and mom… but I should have known he was kidnapped by the aliens on Earth along with so many others that went missing for years. So many had vanished, but where were they all now? I don’t think anyone on Earth knew that the Khonsu had invaded Earth along with the Vepar.

Through all these dangers and impossible foe, to have my father here with me, to know I wasn’t alone on this strange planet...it lifted the weight off my shoulders.

Thane was swaying in his seat. He shook his head and blinked to keep his eyes open. Except his gaze looked hazed over like he might pass out at any moment, and my stomach clenched.

I moved closer and stared outside through the front window to the acrid and dried land where we’d landed. Desert and dunes in every direction, the dual suns burning strong.

In front of us, the other ship with Corran and Derrial landed. Thane looked so close to passing out… he was really sick. He couldn’t take my blood and he was fading so fast, it terrified me.

I rushed to the door and hit the button. The door slid open just as Corran and Derrial emerged from their ship, walking like drunk friends leaving a bar. Their faces were pasty white, eyes half closed, and the same sickness consumed them.

“Hurry up,” I called out and shut the door once they stumbled into our ship. I threw myself into their arms for risking so much. Despite everything, I worried for them as well, and now as their arms wrapped around me, I was lost to the emotions they always stirred within me. It seemed we always ran from something or someone, but just having small pockets of time so close reminded me why I kept fighting and why I wasn’t alone in this huge mess I’d landed in. If we ever survived somehow, I wanted to live somewhere peaceful, where the only concern was what to wear that day and what the weather would be like. I’d had my share of danger and adventure to last a lifetime.

“Don’t ever do that again,” Derrial growled his threat in my ear, while Corran seemed to lose his balance and stumbled free from us before hitting the wall with his back.

I charged after him, a hand grabbing his. “Steady there.”

Looking over at Derrial, his brow furrowed in a dozen lines, and with his blood red horns, and the shadows under his eyes, he reminded me of the devil.

“I wouldn’t leave my father there. And now he’s back there sleeping, and as far as I’m concerned, it was worth it.

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