Alien Romance Box Set: Eblian Mates Complete Series (Books 1 - 3): A Sci-fi Alien Warrior Invasion Abduction Romance by Ruth Anne Scott

Author:Ruth Anne Scott
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Toshiba
Published: 2016-02-20T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Even before the transporter stopped popping, Kyan whirled around with his fists clenched. “What in the name of heaven happened? How could you let her get away?”

Natalie stepped off the transport platform. “I didn’t know she would go back to the Toom. I didn’t know what she was planning until she ran away.”

He cursed and slammed his fist into his palm. “We had all three of them free. All we had to do was transport them back to the ship and we were clear. Then this had to happen.”

“You were there. You saw the way she acted. None of us had any idea she planned to run back to the Toom.” She glanced at Arno, but she didn’t have the heart to ask if he had any inkling Tina planned to ditch them at the gathering.

Kyan read her mind. He pursed his lips, but he didn’t say anything to Arno, either.

Arno, on the other hand, showed no such qualms. He sighed. “She’s been acting weird ever since we started training together.”

“What do you mean?” Natalie asked.

“I’m not sure I understand it myself,” he replied. “She just didn’t act the way I’d expect someone to act who was going on a dangerous mission. She was too passionate, too wild. I should have known she never wanted me in the first place. She put on an act for me to get back to the Toom.”

Natalie cringed. “Are you sure about that? Her feelings for you may have been real. Maybe she decided to go back to the Toom at the last second.”

Arno shook his head. “She was thinking about it all along. I’m certain of that. You want to believe your friend wouldn’t deceive us about something like that, but if you think about it, you’ll realize I’m right. She was traumatized by her experience. She couldn’t function on board this ship in a free state. Then, when the mission came up, she saw it as a way to get back to the Toom.”

Melanie stepped forward. “He’s right. I noticed her watching Te in the arena. She should have kept eye contact with her own master, but she was watching Te instead. He turned her on. She thought of him as her master, and she followed his commands. When he told me to turn myself on, she followed his orders.”

Natalie gasped. “She couldn’t do that! She was with Arno. He was her master, not Te.”

Melanie waved toward Arno. “Ask him if you don’t believe me. He’ll tell you the same thing. He was in the arena with us. He saw for himself what Tina was doing and how she responded. Ask him.”

Natalie turned to Arno, but the expression on his face answered all her questions. She dropped her eyes to the ground. “I don’t like to admit it, but you could be right. I was just so happy she was engaging with other people on this ship after so many months in hiding. I didn’t want to admit there could be another reason she wanted to go back to the gatherings.

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