Shayn by Kate Rudolph & Starr Huntress

Author:Kate Rudolph & Starr Huntress
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alien romance, alien warriors, space alien romance, fated mates, alien human romance, psychic romance, psychic
Publisher: Kate Rudolph
Published: 2019-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

SHAYN WASN’T HURT. Naomi could tell, since he caught up to her before she’d escaped the clearing where they were camped. He almost overtook her before he slowed down to stay at her pace. When Naomi went to turn towards the main camp, Shayn urged her in the other direction, deeper into the forest and away from the other survivors.

“Safety in numbers?” Naomi pointed out as they left those numbers behind.

“Don’t know how many are looking for you,” Shayn countered. And he had a point. Morgyn had already sent two men to retrieve her; it was completely possible she had more at the camp. There had been thousands of people on that ship and any one of them could have some sort of connection to Sola Corp. Naomi knew the company was much bigger than she’d ever seen. She was part of the medical research arm, but it had tendrils buried in every part of the Oscavian Empire. Naomi didn’t know what kind of influence Morgyn wielded over those other tendrils, but anything was possible.

How the fuck were they ever going to escape?

“Safe enough by morning,” Shayn said, not even winded as they ran. “Can make it back then.”

A whole night spent in the forest of a strange planet. Naomi tried to convince herself it was an adventure rather than a terrifying ordeal. And with Shayn by her side it almost was.

She strained to hear if the man who’d come for her was chasing after them, but the only sounds she heard were the chirps of night birds and Shayn. They took a rest after several minutes, leaning against tall trees and looking out for any pursuers.

Shayn hugged her close and murmured reassurances at her, but exhaustion was catching up with Naomi and a few reassurances weren’t enough. She wanted to be off the planet, out of the Oscavian Empire, and on her way to her new future. She’d never expected that she’d need to run for her life, not from the person who’d saved it, who’d raised her since her parents died.

A twig snapped in the distance and Shayn’s head jerked, following the sound. Naomi’s lungs still heaved from their run and she didn’t know if she had it in her to sprint any more. But Shayn didn’t run. They moved carefully, stepping over twigs and rocks and skirting the edges of the trees to stay out of sight. One of the moons overhead made it bright enough that they weren’t blind, and the longer they were outside, the better Naomi’s eyes adjusted.

Shayn turned left and Naomi’s instincts screamed to go right. She reached out and tugged, nodding in the other direction. He didn’t question and she took the lead, climbing up a shallow hill until they came to a rise and could look out at the forest all around them. She could hear crashing waves in the distance and wondered how near they were to the water, but the vegetation was too dense to see anything.

They stopped

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