Reaper (Xian Warriors Book 7) by Regine Abel

Author:Regine Abel [Abel, Regine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989761649
Publisher: ISBN Canada
Published: 2021-02-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Reaper

I stared at my woman with a mix of awe and pride. In light of the ordeal she had endured, I had expected her to be timid, skittish, and socially challenged. Such take-charge and assertive behavior from her was not only a nice surprise, but quite the turn on. I loved a strong woman who knew what she wanted and didn’t hesitate to express herself.

But more than that, I was reveling in discovering who my mate was. That gentle but firm way she got Stran to calm down already gave me a hint as to the type of wonderful mother she would be to our children. From our conversations, I had known she had acquired some medical and scientific knowledge from her parents. However, as she’d still been young at the time of their passing, I’d assumed it had been basic, like the superficial things children knew about their parents’ professions. But I was starting to suspect that my mate was quite scientifically savvy, dated though her knowledge might be.

Reklig, my mate, and I hopped onto the hovering platform when it returned from dropping Stran and Thanh in the basement. My Scelk brother hopped off on the main floor to go check what could be used in the lab and hatchery as tubs to partially immerse the Creckels.

However, the moment we reached the basement, what enthusiasm and hope I had felt at the prospect of saving such a large group of Stran’s people instantly died. There was no way these creatures could be revived. On the holographic display, I’d dismissed the dull color of their scales as being caused by the almost monochromatic palette of the projection. But now, standing right in front of them, their color seemed even duller. Another close-range scan from the scanner integrated in my bracer still showed no life signs from any of them. In truth, had I not known these were Creckels, I would have thought they were stone sculptures.

I exchanged a look with Doom, who imperceptibly shook his head, the dejected expression on his face reflecting how I felt. The Creckels had lined up in five columns of about twenty, the adults in the front and, judging by the decreasing sizes of the balls, the younger ones in the back. Stran was roaming around the rows, sniffing at each of the spheres and sometimes pawing at their sides. My mate crouched next to one of the bigger Creckels and poked at its sides with her fingers. I was about to ask what she was looking for when a surge of psychic energy between her and Stran stopped me.

Stran turned to look at her while they discussed. He then gave her a sharp nod before resuming whatever the heck he was doing.

“Can you ask Brees, Grol, and Jeop to come down, please?” Janelle suddenly asked me. “I cannot reach them.”

I nodded, more curious than ever and mentally reached for the modified Creckels. With her low psychic rank, my mate had a fairly limited range, further impeded by the disrupting material used to build the base.

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