Rebirth: A Sci-fi Alien Invasion Romance (Captured Earth Book 5) by A.G. Wilde
Author:A.G. Wilde [Wilde, A.G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Petronie Publishing
Published: 2023-06-19T16:00:00+00:00
The pain in my shoulder fades in and out as darkness pulls at the edges of my vision. Iâm vaguely aware of being lifted, strong arms cradling me gently.
âSophie, can you hear me?â Heâroxâs voice echoes from far away.
âYouâ¦came back,â I whisper, head lolling only to be supported by a large claw.
âI was always close byâ¦â
I close my eyes, letting the rocking motion of Heârox carrying me lull the nausea.
After a while, I crack my eyes open again. Weâre moving through the forest at a trot. Heâroxâs eyes shine with concern as he glances down at me and I would smile if pain wasnât shooting through my arm like a bitch on steroids.
âWhere are we going?â I whisper.
âSomewhere safe,â he says.
Darkness clouds my vision again. âUnity?â
âToo far,â he says. âSomewhere where I cannot sense them.â
I donât ask who or what heâs referring to, because I know. Instead, I grip his forearm, a bit concerned with how weak my grip is. âThe others from this camp. Theyâre gone to Unity. We have to warn the people there.â
Heârox jerks his chin toward his chest in a nod and I notice those tentacles heâd walked on, the same tentacles that had kept me safe, are nowhere to be seen.
Darkness threatens to pull me under again, but I force myself to stay conscious. âWeâ¦stick together,â I whisper. âFigure this out. Stopâ¦the parasite.â
A flicker of something crosses Heâroxâs eyes and his ears flick at the sides of his head. Those tentacles that hang near his mouth twitch and writhe as if reaching out to me and for a moment, Iâm caught in the beauty thatâs him.
âDonât leave me again,â I whisper. âItâ¦â I donât know what Iâm saying. Something screams deep within me that I should shut the hell up. And yet⦠âI donât like when you do.â
He glances down at me, something passing through those eyes again that I canât quite place. Maybe because theyâre always so ice-cold. Seeing any form of emotion within them now is almost unnerving.
âWeâreâ¦in this together now.â My eyes start to drift closed again. âJust getâ¦us somewhere safe. Rest. Then we fight back.â
âYou extend an alliance to a monsterâ¦â
For a moment, I donât realize heâs referring to himself.
âYouâre not a monster,â I whisper. âYouâre not my enemy either. Youâre myâ¦friend.â
âFriend,â he replies.
Heâroxâs grip on me tightens softly, his voice a whisper. âIf you only knew how much more than that Iâd like to be.â
His words soothe me as darkness claims my vision. I let my weary mind and body surrender to oblivion, trusting that Heârox will keep us both safe for now. When I wake, weâll begin figuring out how to fight back against this insidious parasite infecting our world.
And maybe Iâll have someone fighting by my side.
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