Arrival by A.G. Wilde

Arrival by A.G. Wilde

Author:A.G. Wilde [A.G. Wilde]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love Story, Romance
Amazon: B09NRPMRZ7
Goodreads: 60044453
Published: 2022-01-05T14:00:00+00:00


Chapter Twenty

ADIRA

I don’t see it until far too late.

It’s as if it materializes out of thin air. A huge black bird, hovering over us and soaking the light of the morning sun.

I’ve never seen anything this big.

It’s bigger than any plane or ship I’ve ever seen.

Had it really been this big when I’d seen it that first day?

“Shit,” I breathe.

I managed to get some rest last night. But maybe I’m still so tired I’m hallucinating for an opening appears underneath the ship and something slips out.

It looks like a floating box and it comes directly at us.

“What the fuck is that?” The way Sam says it almost makes me chuckle nervously.

“Our lift.” Fer’ro steps forward as my eyebrows shoot up.

A lift?

I imagine us having to climb on top of the thing to get into the ship and the nervousness I’m feeling surges.

This is a sure case of ‘what could go wrong.’ I’m pretty sure I’d slide off the edge of the thing without even trying.

We’re going to go into an alien ship.

The dark square floats closer, swerving through the trees till it reaches us. Then it lowers itself till it is almost touching the ground.

Fer’ro reaches forward and touches it.

Suddenly, an opening appears within the square.

My eyes pop.

It is like a room inside and Fer’ro steps in, his gaze landing on me.

With bravery I don’t have, I walk forward, followed by Ga’Var and then the others.

It’s like a Doctor Who telephone box—it’s bigger on the inside, because, somehow, we all fit.

My nervous gaze meets Sam’s as the box seal begins to rise.

I stagger a little with the sudden movement, my hand grasping Fer’ro’s arm.

Dimly, I’m aware of his muscles tensing but I’m too busy getting the shock of my life as we rise higher.

The walls of the box are transparent from the inside giving the appearance we’re floating on thin air.

And the view…

Awe changes to sadness as my heart breaks at what I am seeing.

The lake is now dry and apart from the small forest we’d been hiding in, all around us, the world is brown.

I’m staring at it, reality sinking in when the view slowly disappears to be replaced by dim light.

We’re inside the ship.

The view below us is replaced by dark metal and the floating box comes to a stop.

Soon, the “door” opens once more and Fer’ro strides forward.

It takes me a minute to realize the box has disappeared from around us.

There are more Vullan here. Quite a few, and I wonder if they are the same ones who had worked on scavenging the dead Gryken’s machine.

They stand still, but there is growling as we pass.

Some of them pull their teeth back and sniff the air and I find myself moving closer to Fer’ro.

There’s a definite sense we are not welcome here.

Fer’ro clicks something sharp and some of the Vullan pull their teeth back, but that doesn’t take the utter ferocity in their gazes away.

“Fer’ro?”

I glance from one of them to the other and I can even feel Sam’s breath against my arm as she’s moved closer to my side.



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