“Do you think there could be other camps like this?” Commander TylOR asked.
He paused to think about what he had seen. “There weren’t enough men on that island to do battle on their own, which is what they were training for. They were preparing for a war. I would say there have to be other camps training soldiers either here or on Katiera or even the Colony.”
“So their intent is a civil war?” TylOR’s voice sounded angry and at the same time...resigned.
“Yes, I believe that is their goal.”
None of them wanted to fight their own kind. Their species had nearly died out when the Morins had attacked them inflicting the virus that was meant to annihilate them. However, such diabolical unrest could not go unchecked. Laws would be broken and their culture, beliefs, everything they held dear as a nation and as a people would be destroyed.
“I have warships on standby. We’ll be at your location within twenty minutes to pick up your team.”
“We will be ready. There’s one more thing Commander. Miss Tera Kincaid was kidnapped and brought to the island. They had seen me with her and thought she had knowledge of my mission. She and I escaped and returned to the rendezvous point.”
“Those bastards! Did they hurt her?”
“She has a few bruises, and they scared her a bit, but she’s otherwise fine.” He didn’t want to think about what would have happened to her had he not seen them bring her to the island. They would have tortured her and even worse than that he would have not known about the males who were prisoners and would have ordered the entire island wiped out.
“I have several medics on standby. I will assign one to stay with her and see to her while we take care of this mess.”
“Thank you.” He stood as he ended communications and went over to where Tera was sitting, telling her story to the others. She had the men’s full attention and of course, she had no idea just how vulnerable and beautiful she was.
“The commander is sending warships. They will be here in twenty minutes,” he told them.
Tera looked up warily. “Are they going to bomb the island?”
“We’ll do everything we can to save the imprisoned males, but they will still have to be taken in for questioning before we release them. They may have vital information we need.”
She nodded her understanding. He watched as her eyes slid down his naked chest. Everywhere she looked felt like flames licking his skin. CristOF wanted to strip and let her see just how much she affected him.
“Give us a few minutes alone,” he told his team. The warriors left the shuttle quickly.
He knelt down in front of her. “Tera, I’m sorry you had to go through all of this because of me.”
“It wasn’t your fault.”
CristOF didn’t agree with her on that. “They took you because you were seen with me. If not for spending time with me, you would have never had to go through any of this.”
“Those assholes hate humans. They kept me alive to get answers about you. Otherwise, they would have simply ended my life, based solely on the fact that I am a different species. They have hate in their hearts. Their actions are their own and they’re the ones to be held responsible. Not you.”
Reaching out to cup her face with his hand he growled, “This isn’t how I wanted to spend time with you.”
“Then let’s change that,” she whispered, leaning forward and touching her lips to his.
