Stolen by the Alien Barbarian Xyru by Eden Ember & Eve Laird

Stolen by the Alien Barbarian Xyru by Eden Ember & Eve Laird

Author:Eden Ember & Eve Laird [Ember, Eden & Laird, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-10T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter 9

MARE

“Yes,” I whispered as the key slid within the locking chamber effortlessly. It was pitch black in the room and all I had were my hands to guide me. I slid the door up and dropped the flat key onto the floor of the cage. Creeping along, I made my way to the back of the room and opened crates, trying to find the perfect hiding spot. The contents of one crate rested on beds of hay. Whatever it was, I couldn’t see it. Smaller boxes lined the top. I stuffed as much of the hay into another crate, while feeling my way with my hands until I had enough room to squeeze inside and hide.

The waiting took forever. Cramped inside the crate, I kept still and quiet. When the door finally opened, the shuffling of feet at first came silently. The dim lights flickered on and there were no gasps, no exclamations that I’d disappeared. Maybe it wasn’t Skleen. Perhaps it was a ship worker or even a bay worker. They wouldn't know about me if Skleen said nothing. The shuffling disappeared and returned with the sound of something stacked on the other side of the room.

“What’s that?” asked a male voice.

I peered between the crate slat at the two workers, beings I’d never seen before. They spoke one of the common languages because my implant picked up on it immediately. The other being shrugged as they shoved the cage out of the way and set larger crates down. My face stretched into a big smile, because when they left, the door stayed open and presented me with the perfect opportunity to escape.

Quickly, I opened the crate and climbed out, my body screaming from being cooped up for so long. The sounds of shuffling in another cargo room reached my ears as I crept away from the room. The hatch door laid open, bay workers moved in and out, carrying large and small crates. I waited in the shadows, hoping to find when I could slip out unseen, but too many were there. The possibility that I could walk by without a word from them pushed me onward toward the hatch. Fear gripped me as Skleen’s voice came closer. Before panic set in, I raced inside the ship and to a stockroom, hoping no one would check inside there. More crates lined the walls, but not as many as in the cargo bay. I rushed to one and found it half full of parts for the engine room. Before the footfalls reached the room, I snuggled myself into the crate, contorting my body unnaturally to fit, and held my breath.

After several minutes of silence passed, I opened the crate and unfold my body. Shuffling footsteps coming up the hall caused me to dive back inside, keeping the lid tightly closed. My foot cramped, the muscle spasm nearly causing me to scream out in pain. Finally, the group left the crates and I popped the top back open and stretched.



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