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 donât see it until far too late.
Itâs as if it materializes out of thin air. A huge black bird, hovering over us and soaking the light of the morning sun.
Iâve never seen anything this big.
Itâs bigger than any plane or ship Iâve ever seen.
Had it really been this big when Iâd seen it that first day?
âShit,â I breathe.
I managed to get some rest last night. But maybe Iâm still so tired Iâm hallucinating for an opening appears underneath the ship and something slips out.
It looks like a floating box and it comes directly at us.
âWhat the fuck is that?â The way Sam says it almost makes me chuckle nervously.
âOur lift.â Ferâro 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 Iâm feeling surges.
This is a sure case of âwhat could go wrong.â Iâm pretty sure Iâd slide off the edge of the thing without even trying.
Weâre 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.
Ferâro reaches forward and touches it.
Suddenly, an opening appears within the square.
My eyes pop.
It is like a room inside and Ferâro steps in, his gaze landing on me.
With bravery I donât have, I walk forward, followed by GaâVar and then the others.
Itâs like a Doctor Who telephone boxâitâs bigger on the inside, because, somehow, we all fit.
My nervous gaze meets Samâs as the box seal begins to rise.
I stagger a little with the sudden movement, my hand grasping Ferâroâs arm.
Dimly, Iâm aware of his muscles tensing but Iâm 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 weâre floating on thin air.
And the viewâ¦
Awe changes to sadness as my heart breaks at what I am seeing.
The lake is now dry and apart from the small forest weâd been hiding in, all around us, the world is brown.
Iâm staring at it, reality sinking in when the view slowly disappears to be replaced by dim light.
Weâre inside the ship.
The view below us is replaced by dark metal and the floating box comes to a stop.
Soon, the âdoorâ opens once more and Ferâro 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 Grykenâs 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 Ferâro.
Thereâs a definite sense we are not welcome here.
Ferâro clicks something sharp and some of the Vullan pull their teeth back, but that doesnât take the utter ferocity in their gazes away.
âFerâro?â
I glance from one of them to the other and I can even feel Samâs breath against my arm as sheâs moved closer to my side.
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