The Vori's Secret by S.J. Sanders

Author:S.J. Sanders [Sanders, S.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ragoru, Science Fiction Romance, alien
Publisher: S.J. Sanders
Published: 2019-09-27T05:00:00+00:00

THE ASHIER SNEERED at the Vori hissing and rattling their tails at him. The Arobi pack had tracked the female without error until it reached the point where her scent had mixed with that of several of the indigenous population. The Arobi had tracked her to the precinct of the village before losing her scent entirely. So, the Ashier, ever being a reasonable male, had approached them.

It was unfortunate that they didn’t take too kindly to his method of persuasion.

A large female lay before him in a pool of her own blood, surrounded by the remains of six males. Almost twice the size of any of the males who attempted to protect her, she’d reacted viciously to the Ashier’s attempt to extract information in his usual custom. He wouldn’t have suspected such a savage, resilient species to be so sensitive about light torture, but she’d attacked with her company of males with a vengeance. It had only been the quick draw of his blaster and the reflexes of the Arobi that protected him.

His lips quirked as he ran a finger over the barrel of his blaster.

“I will not hesitate to kill every one of you if someone does not give me the answers I seek. Someone will speak to me of the human female.”

A male slid forward, spitting a mouthful of blood on the ground. The alpha had done a fine job on him before they’d been interrupted. The male bestowed a warning glare on his kin before addressing the Ashier.

“We do not wish any trouble. You have killed our matriarch. You have done enough harm to us already, weakening our clan. No female is worth this price.”

“Xenel, do not!”

A smaller dark green male attempted to push forward, but the other, the obnoxious color of rusted metal, restrained him without effort. The one addressed as Xenel flicked a disdainful look toward the smaller Vori.

“Do not compound your crimes against the clan, Jiriel. You helped her escape, and you did not alert any of us that a male of the es’Etale clan was among us and followed her out from our nesting grounds.”

“It was wrong to keep her caged here!”

“Silence!” The Ashier was growing impatient with the entire matter. He shoved the giant body of the matriarch over so that her eyes glared sightlessly at her clan—a promise of what would happen if any of them thought to mislead him. “If this male retrieved her, where would he have taken her?”

“To the es’Etale territory, in the Norveth Valley,” the distastefully colored one remarked, his lip curling. “I have no doubt he would attempt to hide her there.”

Finally, they were getting somewhere.

The Ashier swung over toward the male, his weapon at the ready. The Arobi growled as they paced around them. The strange coils on the male’s head alternately snapped around him and flattened with uncertainty.

“How do I get there?”

“There are likely taking the long way through the jungle, but I can show you a quicker route that may bring you out ahead of them.

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