Fueled by Lust: Drusus (Siren Publishing Classic)

Author:Celeste Prater
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2013-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

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When she didn’t flinch or begin screaming, Drusus continued. “We are from a planet named Insedivertus. It is millions of miles from here in the Glaxon system. We are at war with another planet called Protonecis. Their king, Basilius, is insane and power hungry. Six years ago, he struck our planet and killed all of the females. They fell from a sickness. We do not know what caused this illness to affect just our females and not the males, but it took them all within a matter of days. We believe that Basilius introduced a toxin into our water supply. We were lax in our security, too lost in our grief, but we learned from our mistakes. Our home world was devastated. A peaceful nation that lost mothers, sisters, and daughters now grows fierce warriors to defend our land. Basilius attempted to breach our air space but we were prepared and pushed him back.

“Five years ago, one hundred of our warriors traveled here to Earth to search for mates to begin repopulating our planet. We had hoped Basilius would never know of our travel here but it appears he has discovered us. It was only within the last year that we have entered a veritable stalemate. Just waiting and watching. It appears he developed new tactics and has yet again breached our defenses, if he passed so easily through our land to the vortex. He knows about you, of our time together. He will use you against me. I need to protect you, Avelina. Do you understand what I am saying?”

She sat quietly, staring at his eyes, searching intently. “Drusus, do you know how insane this sounds to me? Life on other planets, warriors, and insane kings, my mind can’t comprehend this. Give me a second.”

The room was quiet for many minutes. She stared down at their entwined hands then took a deep breath before looking back into his eyes. “Okay, I’m willing to listen, but I have a few questions of my own, okay?”

Drusus nodded slowly, his eyes dark and intense. “As I have said to you before, Avelina, you have no idea of your worth. You are a fascinating creature. You take my breath away.”

Granting him a shy smile, she squeezed his fingers. “And I know how to say that in Latin, too.”

Relieved that he had a reasonable woman sitting in front of him, he smiled back and bent to kiss the top of each hand. “Now ask your questions, Avelina. I am an open book.”

“Okay, then. How did your warriors travel here? Do you have a space ship that you are hiding somewhere?”

“No, we did not arrive here in a ship. We traveled here through a vortex, a link from my world to yours. Some call this pathway a wormhole. Another vortex moves in the opposite direction and allows us to return to Insedivertus.”

“There are wormholes here in Austin? How have they not been discovered by our government?”

“Each is located in the Chinati mountain range, several hundred miles west of here.

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