The Alien's Return (Uoria Mates IV Book 1) by Ruth Anne Scott

Author:Ruth Anne Scott [Scott , Ruth Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ruth Anne Scott
Published: 2017-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

"What the fuck is wrong with you?"

Ero's head snapped back as Pyra grabbed him by the back of the shirt and yanked him backwards so that he and the other men could surround him. The three much larger men glared at him, their jaws twitching angrily and bright orange eyes searing into him almost painfully. Ero didn't know what to say to them. His stomach was twisted in knots and he felt like he was going to shatter at any second. What had he done?

"How could you say something like that about her?" Gyyx demanded, stepping up close enough to Ero that he felt like he needed to step back, only to find himself within inches of Ciyrs's chest.

Though Ciyrs was a healer and not a warrior, he was still powerful and larger than Ero.

"I don't know," Ero said honestly, "I don't know what the hell is going on in my head. Ever since the Klimnu attack on Leia, I've been out of my mind. I can't think straight, I'm angry all the time. It only got worse when Zuri showed up."

The three other men looked at each other knowingly and some of the anger exuding off of them eased. Pyra stepped forward and clapped him on the back, then wrapped a massive hand comfortingly around the back of his neck.

"You've always been the scrawny one of the group, so I guess it makes sense that you haven't figured out yet that all of this has absolutely nothing to do with the Klimnu attack and everything to do with Zuri."

"What are you talking about? And don't call me scrawny. I'm so sick of everyone making fun of me and treating me differently because of my size."

Suddenly realization hit him and it felt like a rock fell into his gut.

"Holy shit, that's exactly the same thing that I've been doing to Zuri, isn't it? I've spent my whole life pissed off because the people around me bullied me for being smaller than what they thought I should be and the second I meet a woman – an adorable woman, by the way – who just happens to be bigger than I would think she was going to be, I treat her in the exact same way. That's just great. I just don't get why I'm suddenly so aggressive and angry."

He looked up into Pyra's eyes, then at Gyyx's, then at Ciyrs's. He let out a long, ragged breath.

"Yeah, you just figured it all out, didn't you?" Pyra asked.

Ero nodded, covering his eyes with one hand.

Before he could open his mouth to reply, he heard a scream. All four men turned toward the sound and another scream tore through the air. Without speaking, they all ran in the direction of the sound, pulling weapons from the sheaths on their waistbands as they went. Within moments they saw the source of the screaming.

Klimnu swarmed the center of the compound, standing off against the other warriors who had come out of the meeting hall.

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