Pairing with the Protector by Evangeline Anderson

Author:Evangeline Anderson [Anderson, Evangeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evangeline Anderson

Twenty-One

They spent the rest of the day perfecting their reading skills, which came quite easily to Rafe, once he had learned the alien alphabet, and talking to Yarrow and Yancy. Whitney, especially, seemed to have taken a liking to the female tweedle. She appeared to feel great sympathy for Yancy, which was nice, Rafe supposed, though he didn’t share the feeling.

True, these tweedles were confined in cages and bought and sold like animals, which was in itself reprehensible. But they didn’t seem to mind very much, which bothered Rafe even more. How could any people not want to the very fibers of their being to be free? How could they allow themselves to be subjugated so easily?

Rafe’s warrior’s nature urged him to fight, to get free in any way he could and he couldn’t understand feeling any other way. No matter how difficult things might be in the wild for the tweedles, it was still better than being kept in cages and bred like animals at least to his way of thinking.

The only break in their day of study was when Zhu-zhu came stumping down the long silver-blue ramp to bring them their supper, which consisted of more of the long green planks and the white and blue disks which Whitney called “alien celery and radishes.”

All the cage dwellers pretended to be doing mindless activities except for Whitney, who ran eagerly to the front of the cage when the alien child came close to push the huge vegetable material through the bars.

“What are you doing?” Rafe hissed, following behind her in case he had to yank her out of the way. He didn’t trust the alien child who had caught them in the first place—she was so much bigger than them she could crush Whitney with one careless move of her seven-fingered hand or the probing end of her vast blue trunk.

But Whitney refused to be deterred.

“Get back, I know what I’m doing,” she muttered and ran up to the bars just as Zhu-zhu started pushing their dinner through them.

Whitney stuck out her tongue and made a funny face at the alien child and did a little dance. Zhu-zhu’s eyes got wide and a strange sound, rather like a fog horn, issued from her trunk. After a moment, Rafe realized she was laughing.

Whitney danced and entertained the child a little more and then began singing in her strong, clear, gorgeous voice.

Zhu-zhu, who had been laughing and clapping at Whitney’s antics, stood completely still, transfixed. Even thought Whitney was singing in English and there was no way she could understand the words, it was clear she was mesmerized by Whitney’s song.

“I believe that children are our future,” Whitney sang. “Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside…”

The song went on and Rafe found he was transfixed himself. He had always secretly loved Whitney’s voice. In fact, he often waited in the doorway of her lab for several minutes before he entered it, just so he could hear her singing or humming to herself.

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