Zawla: An Alien Romance (The Hallans Book 1) by Ava Mona & Bethany-Kris

Author:Ava Mona & Bethany-Kris [Mona, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-09-25T23:00:00+00:00

*

My body is in agony. I feel the rip of all my wounds with each and every movement. I feel raw, from the pieces of skin that were stripped from my body, from where the shackles cut into me deeper each time I struggled against them, from how I can feel my missing claws with my fingers wrapped around Selina’s thighs. Where my eye used to be aches like no pain I’ve ever felt before, the thing Selina’s placed against it burns each time it moves. But I refuse to reach up and remove it, to have my mate think I’m rejecting her way of healing me. I don’t have a moment to waste slowing down anyway. Not when my brother’s roar is still echoing in my mind.

I stopped to let Selina clean me up as much as she could because I did not want my brother, or the rest of my people, to see me this way. Tortured, mangled, and injured. It had nothing to do with pride, and everything to do with my mate. When I introduce them to my mate, I want to appear whole, or … as whole as I can, because I certainly don’t feel whole right now. But this is a moment I have waited all my life for, to bring my mate to my family, to the Hallans. I will not have the focus be on my pain instead of the joy I feel. When I heard that roar, though, I knew whatever she had managed to do for my injuries would have to be enough, because my brother’s already nonexistent patience had clearly run out.

Halun may be the future king, but he’s also wild and bloodthirsty. Ruthless in protecting his people and planet. That roar lets me know he’s done hearing whatever the males who surely descended on him and the other Hallans have to say. That roar means he is right on the edge of bloodshed. As I run, I try to decide if I want to stop him from spilling blood or help him drain them all.

“Right through this tall grass,” Selina says, pointing to a spot to the right of the dune we’re coming down. I don’t answer her because, even though I follow her directions, my eye is on the sky now.

So. Many. Ships.

Far too many for the number which would have been sent out for responding to a beacon, even if it was to recover one of Hallalah’s princes. And to come to a planet with horns blaring, Hallans giving a deafening war cry that warned anyone to beware what was coming. Even though there was nothing this planet could do to stop the Hallan advance.

“Lazu de ami rajun!” Halun shouts.

His voice carries, his words clear to me even though I can see we have some distance until we reach the shore.

Where is my brother? His demands continue to roar. And knowing Halun, he doesn’t give a damn that he knows they can’t understand him.

“Lazu de Bothaki!”

We

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.