Theirs to Tame: A Sci-Fi Alien Dark Romance: Tharan Warrior Menage Book 2 by Kallista Dane

Author:Kallista Dane [Dane, Kallista]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kallista Dane
Published: 2017-07-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Three weeks later

The ground shook as though hit by an earthquake, rocking the enormous stone structure. Two hundred thousand creatures from every corner of the galaxy stomped their feet in unison. A shower of crud rained down on her head. Sawdust, dirt, dead critter parts. Kyra shook her head and ran her fingers through her cropped hair, eyeing the massive rough-hewn beams in the ceiling suspiciously. Judging from the size of them, they’d been hacked from a tree a thousand years old or more. And if the stories she’d heard about this place were true, they’d been supporting the fat asses of bloodthirsty spectators in the tiers above her head for ten times longer.

“Ghul. Ghul. Ghul.” They’d taken up a chant, shouting out the single word over and over in time with their stomping. Even deep in the bowels of the arena, thunderous waves of sound swept over her. Threatened to drown her.

She didn’t need the Tellex chip behind her ear to translate. Kyra fought the panic. Giving in to fear would kill her faster than any opponent.

She fell back on her years of training. Forced herself to think coolly. Analytically.

It really was ironic. Beings who couldn’t agree on a way to divide up the vast expanses of the galaxy and live in peace had no problem learning a common language and uniting for a common goal here in the Arena of Tanis Major. Bophe’s harsh, guttural language had evolved in this place. One spoken nowhere else in the known Universe. A language where the cry of victory was a call for death.

“Aiiii!” Next to her, Exa crumbled to the ground and clasped her hands over her ears, wailing.

Across the room, D’jen sprang off her bench. “Get up!” She gave Exa a kick in the ribs. “You and I fight as a team. If we die today, we will die with honor, not groveling like Botrian worms!”

Kyra slipped off her bench and knelt in the dirt beside Exa. “D’jen is right. You can’t give up before you even begin. You have a partner. Stand by her side. Fight with her. Fight for her.” She lowered her voice so only Exa could hear. “D’jen is as frightened as you are. Maybe more. I know you care about her. It’s time to quit thinking only of yourself. Be strong. For her sake.”

Exa raised a tear-stained face and took a few shuddering breaths. “She’s afraid?”

“We all are. Even the fierce ones staring at you with disdain right now. Only a fool wouldn’t be afraid. Courage isn’t a lack of fear. Courage is taking action in spite of your fear.” She got to her feet, held a hand out to Exa.

The Botrian took a deep breath then clasped her hand. She got to her feet and wrapped all four arms around Kyra. “If D’jen is afraid, I must be brave,” she whispered. “For both of us.”

Kyra nodded, though she couldn’t look Exa in the eyes. When young female left this room, she’d be going to certain death.

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