Bound to the Alien Barbarian: An Alien Warrior Romance (Crashland Castaway Romance Book 1) by Leslie Chase & Starr Huntress

Author:Leslie Chase & Starr Huntress [Chase, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-03T16:00:00+00:00

This might be the stupidest thing I’ve ever done. I wrapped my cloak (improvised from a blanket) tightly around my shoulders. It trailed along the ground as I walked through the alley which was both good and bad. Good, because it hid my obviously not-Zrin legs. Bad, because it made me look ridiculous.

I was already too short, short enough that my only hope was for any Zrin who saw me to mistake me for a child. It was the closest thing to a disguise I had available. My real plan was to stick to the alleys and pass unseen through, the disguise worn as a last-ditch backup that might save me if someone saw me from a distance.

Maybe I wouldn’t have worried so much if I was armed, but I hadn’t been able to find the field-cutter. Which might be for the best, because I couldn’t come up with a scenario where I got into a fight and didn’t end up dead.

At least the streets were quiet. Using Kitty’s stored information, I’d done my best to identify the Zrins’ movement patterns and stayed put until the night was at its quietest. The city (did it even have a name? Zarkav hadn’t mentioned one) sprawled around me, silent but just as well-lit as it had been since we arrived.

That gave it the creepy feeling of a zombie holovid. Instincts honed by years of bad films kept me looking over my shoulders, expecting to see the shambling dead chasing me. That irrational fear made me hurry, quick steps as quiet as I could make them.

Still, better to worry about fictional zombies than the real threat of the Zrin. Kitty, hidden inside the cloak, scratched me whenever she detected someone close by, her forcefield claws just sharp enough to feel. Each time, I ducked into the nearest shadow and waited for the Zrin to leave.

Once that had meant watching an alien walk past close enough to touch. If he’d looked to his right, I’d have been right there and my pathetic disguise wouldn’t have stood a chance.

Your luck will hold, I told myself. We’re nearly there. Just a little further…

Turning the next corner, I saw my destination. The river running through the heart of the city, a flat surface like dark glass. More like a canal, now that I saw it: the banks were carved stone walls, straight as a laser beam.

Cautiously, I made my way to the edge and looked down. My reflection stared back at me, the water so impossibly flat I wondered if it was frozen. A ridiculous thought — the night was chilly, but not freezing.

Gently, carefully, hoping to avoid a splash, I lowered the bucket I’d brought from Zarkav’s home into the water. As soon as it touched, a fierce current had it, yanking it to my left. Despite its placid appearance, the subterranean river flowed with frightening speed.

Overbalancing, I barely avoided falling into the water, the bucket’s drag still threatened to pull me in. I bit down on a squeal of shock, fighting the current to keep my grip and trying to drag the bucket up.

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