The Alien's Captive by Ruth Anne Scott

Author:Ruth Anne Scott [Scott, Ruth Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Science Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Alien Invasion, Anthologies, Colonization
Amazon: B01EYY82EI
Published: 2016-04-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Piwaka surveyed Anna up and down, from the basket in her hand to the frown on her face. He studied her so closely she shifted from one foot to the other in guilty anticipation. Had he figured out what she was up to while Aquilla’s back was turned? At least she didn’t have the egg shells in her basket anymore for him to find.

“What are you doing down here?” he asked.

Anna waved over her shoulder toward the stream. “I just took a walk down to the water. I guess I’m just not used to living so high off the ground. Sometimes I just need to feel the earth under my feet again.”

He cocked his head and blinked his bright eyes at her. “What’s in the basket?”

She held it up, and her cheeks flushed with relief. “Nothing.”

He smiled at her, but his eyes kept her pinned to the spot. “You can tell me the truth. What were you doing down at the stream?”

She stared back into his eyes, straight into the depths of his heart. He’d always been kind to her, and he showed a lot more sense than most other Avitras. He was the one who let Emily cross the border to visit her, even though the foreigners accompanied her. The other factions didn’t threaten Piwaka the way they threatened Aquilla. Those bright blue eyes of his saw farther than any Avitras she’d ever met.

What if, by some miracle, she could trust him? What if he wasn’t just asking what she was doing down at the stream, but was in fact asking her to open up to him about Menlo? What if his questions were really an invitation to confide in him, to rely on him, to draw him into her circle of allies?

Everything she knew about him, everything she’d seen him do, encouraged her to trust him. She couldn’t ask for a better ally. He knew everything that went on in Avitras territory, and he had a lot more influence with the Border Guard than Aquilla ever would.

If she trusted him, if she won his confidence, she might have a real chance of helping Menlo instead of just comforting him through his ordeal. With Piwaka’s help, she might be able to get him out of this horrible situation in one piece.

The moment the thought crossed her mind, her spirits soared the same way they did when Penelope Ann offered to help her. She never thought she’d be so fortunate as to get Piwaka on her side. If she did, the possibilities were limitless.

She took a deep breath. “I was burying some egg shells I got from there.”

He blinked again. “What were you doing with egg shells?”

He wasn’t asking. He was inviting her to tell him the truth, to unburden herself of her secret. “I gave them to Menlo to eat. I brought the empty shells here to hide them so Aquilla wouldn’t find them and figure out what I’d done.”

A trace of a smile touched his mouth. “What

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