Scaled Heart: A SciFi Alien Romance (Project: F5 Book 2) by Jade Waltz

Author:Jade Waltz [Waltz, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jade Waltz
Published: 2020-10-30T04:00:00+00:00

Nine

KAICA

My heart ached from the betrayal, and here I was, begging him to fix it.

Every time I thought he might ask me to be his nestqueen, he backed off or did something stupid, making me question his character and my attraction to him.

Suddenly, Chyox whirled and scooped me off the ground, pinning me against the wall with his body. His tentacles unraveled and secured my legs in their grasp.

His violet eyes were hard with determination as they bored into mine.

Yet somehow, my instincts weren’t telling me to claw and fight—to escape from his sudden embrace. My hands had found his shoulders, gripping the strong muscles that held me in place.

“Kaica, I am nowhere near perfect and often fail to read females, especially those outside my own species. Ever since I first met you, when you volunteered to aid our research during your downtime, I was intrigued by your mind. Why would a member of the Fab Five want to work alongside a team of healers and scientists? Why would she abandon her elite position and move from exciting battles to a dull routine at a research station? The more I learned about you, the more I hoped that one day, you might come to be interested in me—a boring Senior Healer.

“I know I’ve erred once again, but as soon as you left, I realized my mistake. I promise you, from now on, I will work harder to make the infirmary a safe work environment for you. All I ask is for you to forgive me and never hesitate to correct me.”

His words struck me to my core.

The Circuli males in Xylo’s research team tried to explain to me it was up to the female—the nestqueen—to make the first move engaging a courting bond. While the nestqueens tended to determine a male’s worth by his appearance or profession, males were the opposite; they were attracted to the mind, both in strength and beauty.

I was accustomed to males at the bars and clubs my sisters loved to frequent spewing lines about how exotic, hot, or fuckable we were.

Were the notes that they took during my lesson on how to attract a female for me?

Had I missed his attempts to flirt with me this whole time?

In the last few days, he had mentioned multiple times the beauty of my mind and character—only once had he given me a compliment about a physical attribute, my hair.

Which made sense; Ulax were empaths. Their skin changed color in response to extreme emotion and they could read another’s feelings through their auras.

To him, my hair was the most relatable feature he could compliment, not knowing how odd he sounded. At least, he was doing a better job than Selena’s nestmates, who I’d heard compliment her glowing, color-changing spots. Out of all of my siblings, I could now understand her frustration best.

“Have I said something wrong?” Chyox asked, worry lacing his deep voice as a tentacle brushed my hair behind my ears. “Please let me know what you’re thinking.

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