Prison Moon - Ice Heart: An Alien abduction Sci Fi Romance by Alexandra Marell & Prison Moon

Author:Alexandra Marell & Prison Moon [Marell, Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Kelskar hacked the long sword through the tangled branches, carving a path through the closely-packed trees soaring high above. Deep purple fronds hung in tight knots, in places blotting out the sky.

Moving towards or away from settlements? Hard to tell up here. He knew only that the sun rose on this side of the mountain and set behind them. Janie dragged her steps, exhaustion written in every stiff move. A tight smile and she speeded up, stumbled over a branch cursing with no thought for stealth.

“Fuck it. Who put that bloody thing there?”

He snaked out an arm to steady her, raking his gaze over the crowded tree trunks, the mossy ferns and the few weak needles of late afternoon light filtering through the canopy. Indignant shrieking from high above followed their progress. Furred, long-limbed creatures threw themselves from branch to branch, periodically dropping low to peer at the intruders invading their forest.

“Fuck,” he said, testing the expletive on his tongue. “I like this word. Have you need of rest?”

“No.” Janie swiped damp hair from her eyes and plopped down onto a fallen trunk. “Okay, yes. Give me a moment.”

“We can make camp here. I believe the sky is clearing so perhaps the weather gods will be kind.”

“If the seasons follow Earth, we’re moving into winter. How will we survive that?”

He looked down on the forlorn bundle sitting on the log, knees drawn up like an elven tree nymph surveying her domain. Damp to the core for two whole days since leaving the shelter and they both felt the chill. He lent her his body heat, but with the weather deteriorating a permanent shelter was becoming a priority.

“Do you think we’ll find that woman? I can’t bear the thought of her out there, terrified and with a baby too.”

Kelskar dropped his pack beside the log. Two fallen trunks to spare them the damp forest floor. Four trees, ancient by the size of their gnarled trunks grew together almost as one, forming a semi circle of shelter and dubious safety. Another upturned. The gnarled roots provided a canopy of sorts. A solid wall to guard their backs.

“It’s a big moon. Likely we’ll encounter more felons before we see her. We tried. It’s all we can do. Come hide the belongings and we’ll hunt. I’m hungry.”

“I’m always hungry in this place. But I’m not complaining.” Janie hauled herself from the log, arching her back to ease the stiffness.

“You may complain all you like. I would regularly consume one half of a roast Quathor at the Ludus Maxim. My stomach reminds me of the fact every day.”

Janie sighed. “Let’s hunt then.”

He had been about to insist this time that she be the one to kill the quarry. But her exhaustion spoke of a woman on the edge. All in good time.

“I can’t leave you alone. Better I keep you with me.”

“I know.” Janie hunkered down at the base of the widest tree to scrape out a hiding place in the fallen leaves and fronds.

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