"There's another one."His words snapped me out of my shock and I turned in a quick circle, scanning for any sign of a female.
"Where?"I wasn't one of the males who'd always craved a mate, though there were certain things about a female I wanted to experience one day.But there was no way we were leaving a defenseless human female out here for the percers to feast on.
"She ran away," he murmured, still staring down at his silent mate.
I cocked my head and considered him.If I didn't know better, I'd think Adak was the one who'd taken a blow to the head, not me.I'd never heard his voice sound that soft, or seen his expression this stunned.If we came across another percer, he'd be completely useless, tripping all over his female like this.
"I'll find the other one," I said, still watching him."You take her back to the others and I'll meet you there."
He nodded and wandered away without another word.I scratched the back of my ear and wondered if I should let him go with the way he was acting.Though, if I'd claimed my mate, the last thing I'd want was someone tagging along with me.
With a shrug, I turned back to the pile of rubble that Adak had taken his female from.Lovestruck or not, Adak was more than capable of taking care of himseelf.
There wasn't any sign of the other female, and I pulled in a cloud of dust when I tried to find her scent.Something told me I'd signed up for a challenge.At the very least, hunting her down would take the edge off the lingering blood rage.Turoch females were famous for leading males on wild hunts, I doubted Earth females were too different.
3 Taz
The aliens had Penny.Or at least an alien had Penny.
The massive red male had appeared in a cloud of dust and chaos and snatched my friend off the floor with barely a glance at me.I'd gotten an eyeful of him though.All my optimistic hopes about little green men went up in smoke when I saw the huge horns, bodybuilder physique, and the brutal scars on the male's face.
I'd made the split-second decision to retreat as soon as he turned his back.Crawling over the shattered bricks and crumbling drywall, I kept low to the ground until I reached the front of the pharmacy and then I sprinted across the street.With every step I expected the red male to come charging after me, but the street remained silent.
Heart in my throat, I slipped in the front door of a hardware store and hurried to the window.Across the street, I could see the back of the pharmacy that had collapsed on us.The smoking alien ship was still parked halfway in the building and Penny's kidnapper was standing next to it talking to another extraterrestrial jock.
This male looked just as buff, wearing nothing but a loincloth.From my post across the street, the only distinguishing characteristic between them was their hair.Penny's captor had loose black hair to the middle of his back, but the other male was sporting a short mohawk.They were motioning to the collapsed pharmacy, still talking and I wanted to scream in frustration the longer I stood there doing nothing.
I shouldn't have left Penny.She was clutched to the male's chest, unmoving and I couldn't tell if she was hurt or frozen in fear.I didn't know what to do.I didn't have a weapon, and there was no way I could run out there and attack the two males.They were so big it'd be about as effective as a squirrel taking on a pair of pitbulls.
But I couldn't abandon Penny.She was my best friend, and come hell or high water, I was saving her ass.
How was another matter.I needed a machine gun and a freaking tank.
The long-haired male finally turned around and walked off, Penny still trapped in his arms, leaving Mohawk behind.Mohawk poked around the pharmacy, probably looking for me.I wished my heart would stop pounding, the damn thing was going to lead him right to me, it was beating so loud.
I crept behind the counter, trying to keep Penny in view, but the male that had her was moving too fast.I caught a single glimpse of her terrified expression before he disappeared around a corner and I lost her.
