Chapter 6
He glanced at Teagan, who was running to try to keep up with him. “You should have stayed in my room.”
“No way.”
LemAN sighed with frustration not only from denial of sexual gratification. The female was determined to put herself in danger. He wasn’t sure what the alarms meant but it couldn’t be good. Balar warriors were rushing past them, he assumed to take up defense. He hit his comm link.
“Lieutenant, what is happening?”
“Sir, two Morin transports have been detected. One seemed to be firing on the other. Then one of them just…disappeared.”
Cloaking. The Morins were getting better at cloaking themselves without being near a luna. “What about the second transport?”
“It took some heavy hits but we’re tracking it now.”
“I’ll be returning shortly. Have all warriors prepare for battle.”
“Yes, Commander.”
LemAN ended his communications as he spotted Leader Toro. “Have there been any casualties?”
Toro turned to look at him. “Not yet but a few shuttles tried to land on the south side near the mountains. My warriors killed two Morins but there are three on foot we have not found yet. We’ve disabled their shuttles to keep them from leaving.”
“Keep at least one Morin alive for questioning,” LemAN ordered.
Toro growled. “Do you think that I don’t realize the importance of questioning the enemy?”
Teagan stepped between them as she had done last night at the banquet. “Easy, guys. Let’s not fight each other. What can I do to help?”
“If you could use your decloaking skills that would be appreciated.”
“My equipment and the computer program I’ve been working on are back up on theHorizen.” She looked at LemAN who was shaking his head.
“No. You’re staying here within the Prime Building where the structure is reinforced.”
“You have a job to do and so do I. This is why I’m traveling with you, so let me do what I need to do.”
He ran a hand through his hair. They didn’t have time to be arguing and the truth was she was right. They needed her to help find the enemy. “Fine, come with me. We’ll make our way back to theHorizen. Leader Toro, keep us updated on the tracking of the rogue Morins.”
“Good luck, and make sure to protect our little Teagan.”
LemAN growled at the male referring to Teagan being theirs, but there was no time to comment further. He needed to leave now. Grabbing Teagan’s hand, he made his way outside to the landing pad. He heard overhead announcements for all the Balar civilians to take cover and remain inside the Prime Building until further notice. All warriors were to report to their supervising officer for assignments.
He helped Teagan on board the shuttle and took the pilot’s seat. Within minutes they were moving up into the sky, heading toward space. When all this was over, he was going to have to think long and hard about his reaction to Teagan. His feelings were more than mere attraction; they bordered on something he had never felt before, not even with LoraLI. He didn’t feel guilty like he thought he would, and the fact that he hadn’t thought about LoraLI while with Teagan surprised him. He had to keep his mind clear so he could protect Teagan.
“Is it the Morins for sure or could it be another alien race out here?” Teagan asked with concern.
“That’s what we have to find out.” He hit his communicator. “This is Commander LemAN leaving the Balar surface. I need two warships to escort us back to the transport.”
“Two warships are on their way, Commander.”
“Are we in danger?”
“It’s better to be prepared.”
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Fifteen minutes later they docked on theHorizen. Teagan kept out of LemAN’s way but followed him. She expected that they were heading to the command bridge but when they got on the lift she was confused.
