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Authors: Berinn Rae
Tags: Romance, Paranormal
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potential terrorist threat. They’re going to find this base, that is, if the Draeken don’t find it first. It’s just a matter of time. The question is do you want the humans to attack or come in peace?”
Legian said nothing so she continued. “The Draeken may also know you’re here. You stopped that one scout in time, but there may have been more.”
Legian looked up to the sky and muttered under his breath. It sounded like a prayer. Then he lowered his head, resting it against her forehead. “Yes, it is time for contact.”
With perfect timing, a silent shuttle touched down in a wider spot on the dry creek bed. The sound of slate cracking under its weight was a welcome sound. At least for her. Jax looked like hell, like the grim reaper had come for him.
Sienna placed her hand over Legian’s. “We’ll get the chance to set things right. Now come here, you big lug.” She held her arms out and pulled him into a big hug. “That’s one of the reasons why I’m crazy for you.”
“And the other?” he asked.
“I’ll tell you later. When we’re alone.”
Legian kissed her before disentangling himself from her and stalked over to the ship. She stayed on the rock, watching Jax. “Don’t worry. They’re not going to do any funky alien experiments on you. Well, at least not many,” she jabbed.
In response, she got the glare of death.
She batted her hand at the air. “Oh, bite me. Legian’s one of the good guys, you know.”
That earned her a snort from the man on the ground. “Sure. That’s why I’m sitting here with my hands tied behind my back. Because he’s one of the good guys. No, Sienna. The good guys wouldn’t invade our country. They wouldn’t build a secret base on American soil. They wouldn’t be obtaining supplies from pirates. Only someone with something to hide would do those things.”
Her mouth dropped. “You know about the supplies?” They’d been so careful, so discreet. How in the hell did the military know about that? Oh, shit.
He paused to look her up and down. It wasn’t a flirtatious look. Instead, he looked at her like she was some kind of Typhoid Mary. “I wouldn’t have figured you for the Stockholm Syndrome type.”
Sienna strolled over to Jax and kicked him in the chest, knocking him onto his back. When he scowled, she held him down with a foot on his chest. After several seconds of making her point, she backed off and paced in front of him. He pulled himself back up to his knees. With a drawn out sigh, she stopped, grabbed his arm, and helped him to his feet.
“I may not agree with Apolo all the time or even most the time. He’s the Sephian leader here on Earth, by the way. His tahren , Krysea, is the leader over all of Sephia. Oh, and don’t ask for their last name. Sephians don’t use them anymore because it was a slave thing. They get annoyed when you bring it up. Trust me on that one. Anyway, I’ve known Legian for only a few months. But I’ve learned enough.
“Here’s the Cliff’s Notes version. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Legian’s world, Sephia, was taken over by the Draeken during what they call the Great War. From what I got, this war was worse than all of ours thrown together and condensed into one massive attack. Kind of like the first episode of Battlestar Galactica. The new series, not the old one. Anyway, the Draeken had advanced technology. They slashed the Sephian population in half within a couple weeks. The Sephian leader at the time — I can’t remember her name right now — surrendered. It was that or be killed off completely.
“For several centuries, the Draeken ruled over Sephia. All in all, both races flourished. Except for the fact that the Sephians were nothing but slaves to the Draeken. So, a couple decades ago, the Sephians rebelled in a drawn-out guerilla war that decimated both races. It was called the Noble War, and that is where they finally drove the Draeken from their world.”
During all this
Legian said nothing so she continued. “The Draeken may also know you’re here. You stopped that one scout in time, but there may have been more.”
Legian looked up to the sky and muttered under his breath. It sounded like a prayer. Then he lowered his head, resting it against her forehead. “Yes, it is time for contact.”
With perfect timing, a silent shuttle touched down in a wider spot on the dry creek bed. The sound of slate cracking under its weight was a welcome sound. At least for her. Jax looked like hell, like the grim reaper had come for him.
Sienna placed her hand over Legian’s. “We’ll get the chance to set things right. Now come here, you big lug.” She held her arms out and pulled him into a big hug. “That’s one of the reasons why I’m crazy for you.”
“And the other?” he asked.
“I’ll tell you later. When we’re alone.”
Legian kissed her before disentangling himself from her and stalked over to the ship. She stayed on the rock, watching Jax. “Don’t worry. They’re not going to do any funky alien experiments on you. Well, at least not many,” she jabbed.
In response, she got the glare of death.
She batted her hand at the air. “Oh, bite me. Legian’s one of the good guys, you know.”
That earned her a snort from the man on the ground. “Sure. That’s why I’m sitting here with my hands tied behind my back. Because he’s one of the good guys. No, Sienna. The good guys wouldn’t invade our country. They wouldn’t build a secret base on American soil. They wouldn’t be obtaining supplies from pirates. Only someone with something to hide would do those things.”
Her mouth dropped. “You know about the supplies?” They’d been so careful, so discreet. How in the hell did the military know about that? Oh, shit.
He paused to look her up and down. It wasn’t a flirtatious look. Instead, he looked at her like she was some kind of Typhoid Mary. “I wouldn’t have figured you for the Stockholm Syndrome type.”
Sienna strolled over to Jax and kicked him in the chest, knocking him onto his back. When he scowled, she held him down with a foot on his chest. After several seconds of making her point, she backed off and paced in front of him. He pulled himself back up to his knees. With a drawn out sigh, she stopped, grabbed his arm, and helped him to his feet.
“I may not agree with Apolo all the time or even most the time. He’s the Sephian leader here on Earth, by the way. His tahren , Krysea, is the leader over all of Sephia. Oh, and don’t ask for their last name. Sephians don’t use them anymore because it was a slave thing. They get annoyed when you bring it up. Trust me on that one. Anyway, I’ve known Legian for only a few months. But I’ve learned enough.
“Here’s the Cliff’s Notes version. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Legian’s world, Sephia, was taken over by the Draeken during what they call the Great War. From what I got, this war was worse than all of ours thrown together and condensed into one massive attack. Kind of like the first episode of Battlestar Galactica. The new series, not the old one. Anyway, the Draeken had advanced technology. They slashed the Sephian population in half within a couple weeks. The Sephian leader at the time — I can’t remember her name right now — surrendered. It was that or be killed off completely.
“For several centuries, the Draeken ruled over Sephia. All in all, both races flourished. Except for the fact that the Sephians were nothing but slaves to the Draeken. So, a couple decades ago, the Sephians rebelled in a drawn-out guerilla war that decimated both races. It was called the Noble War, and that is where they finally drove the Draeken from their world.”
During all this
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