Redemption by Kaitlyn O'Connor

Author:Kaitlyn O'Connor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alien invasion, multiple heroes, multiple sexual partners, woman with male harem, alien cyborgs, military soldiers alpha males, celestial beings alien
Publisher: New Concepts Publishing

Chapter Seven

Under the circumstances, Ultima was glad to see the tower when they were close enough to view it in its entirety.

Not that she had a clue of what Tau had in mind—or even if it was something of human origins or something from his own world.

The thought gave rise, again, to curiosity about them.

She hadn’t indulged it before because she hadn’t wanted to risk alienating them by being too curious about things they might consider security risks. Or to cause them any pain if she touched on something that was emotionally painful.

After the confrontation about what she’d caused, and potentially cost them, she hadn’t wanted to remind them of anything she’d done.

She was curious, though.

More curious the longer she was around them instead of less the better she got to know them.

Truthfully, she’d only had the vaguest of impressions that there was any connection between their people and hers when she’d repeated the theory of consciousness being a force that belonged to another dimension. But the more she thought about the fact that it was connected to a part of or entirely the ‘soul’, the more difficult it was to just dismiss it.

The human soul, as ‘photographed’ appeared to be a light—without form—and when it left the body, it left a lifeless shell.

There was a correlation, she felt—although, as a scientist she was obliged to admit that it wasn’t unheard of when things that appeared to be connected in some way transpired not to have any connection at all.

It still gave her a sense of kinship and she thought that was probably because she wanted it that way.

There was a nearly intact building beneath the tower and they all went inside to examine it for occupancy—or previous occupancy. When they’d ascertained that there was no wildlife present larger than insects and that it was a fairly solid structure, the guys withdrew to examine the outside and left her to stare at the wall.

She got up after a few minutes and limped around the interior in search of anything that might be useful. Beyond empty cans that might be used for drinking or holding food, she saw nothing but trash and broken glass.

She hobbled finally to a window opening that was bare of glass or window frame and stared out of it at the countryside.

When she’d been a child, the world was a different place.

Her memories of it, she thought sadly, were already fading.

She was fortunate, she supposed, that she hadn’t had a lot of time to mourn all of the losses, and yet she felt cheated that she was losing even the memories.

She was so deep in thought that she didn’t realize Xi had come to keep her company until she heard the faint scrape of his boot against debris on the floor.

“I startled you?”

She smiled wryly. “Thankfully you aren’t an enemy cyborg. I would have been dead before I knew I was in its sights.”

He met her gaze. “We may seem … distracted ….” He shrugged. “Well, we are, but we are also watchful.

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