Alien General's Beloved: SciFi Alien Romance (Brion Brides) by Vi Voxley
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the guard standing by her side ensured she didn't even reach for a gun so she could try and score a lucky hit.
Without hurting anyone, she still felt like an accomplice.
Worgen was in the middle of the massacre, slaying people with cold precision. There was no remorse, not even anger there. He killed as if it was his nature.
In the end, the general was standing in the middle of a suddenly very empty deck, bodies heaped upon each other around him. Before, his image was enough to stop Lana's heart in her chest, but there was only loathing now. Even seeing him drenched in blood didn't make her stop anymore.
"What had they done?" she asked silently. "The captain was the only one who spoke to you."
The dark general looked at her as if she was speaking a language he didn't understand. It was in that moment that Lana truly knew he was utterly mad.
"Done?" he asked coldly. "This is a warning to everyone on this ship not to disobey me."
Lana said nothing. Pointing out no one had seemed futile when facing a monster like that.
***
Worgen took in the ship. Standing next to him, Lana wished she could have done the same. The Flora was a gorgeous ship by any standard, but she had a hard time appreciating it. Not when her mind was firmly on the guns of the Abysmal , pointed at the vessel.
The general turned his fierce attention on her and a smile flashed on his face. Now that was enough to scare Lana. With Corden gone, would she find herself as the fated of another general?
Merely thinking of his name hurt. Lana was deeply upset with herself for that. Her friends, her crew, the Raptor … but it was the warrior she couldn't get out of her head.
Luckily, Worgen said nothing of the sort. His actual words were even more surprising.
"It looks like this ship needs a new captain," he said. "Someone who understands."
You have got to be kidding me. You're just handing this to me?
"Find the bridge," Worgen said, holding her gaze. "Make yourself familiar with the ship. I will tell you what I need soon."
Before leaving Lana alone with her new command, he said with a grin: "If you please me, this ship might be in one piece when I finish with it."
And just like that, he was gone, taking his fighter back to the Abysmal, the "lesson" taught. Lana was left standing in a pool of blood, not believing a word he'd just said, but willing to make them true.
She looked around. A ship like the Flora carried close to a hundred thousand people. The Raptor had had a crew of two hundred.
Lana crouched down, laying her hand on the deck where it wasn't covered in blood. She felt the ship's beating heart, the sweet vibration of the deck under her skin. Luck hadn't been on her side much lately, but this one moment gave her hope again. The Raptor was gone, but she wouldn't lose this one.
She was a captain again.
CHAPTER TEN
Corden
Corden watched the situation unfold, analyzing it all like he always did.
The appearance of the Flora complicated things, but it still didn't make sense. It was Worgen's plan to attack Briolina, there was no way he could have misinterpreted that. That raised several unanswered questions. One, how exactly did he intend to do that?
Worgen was a formidable general and a warrior with the Abysmal at his back, but there was still only one of him. There were fifteen armies he had to go through, each and every one of them ready to abandon whatever they were doing to protect the home world. Even now, they were bound to hover somewhere nearby, waiting for Corden's word. If there was one enemy the Brions didn't underestimate, it was one of their own. They would hold the perimeter around the Abysmal as long as the fleet surrounded it like a living shield. And as long as Corden found out which parts of the legend were true. One of them said the Abysmal couldn't be damaged, not to mention destroyed.
As good of a fighter Worgen was, did he really expect to beat all of them? Corden counted himself among those who could stand
Without hurting anyone, she still felt like an accomplice.
Worgen was in the middle of the massacre, slaying people with cold precision. There was no remorse, not even anger there. He killed as if it was his nature.
In the end, the general was standing in the middle of a suddenly very empty deck, bodies heaped upon each other around him. Before, his image was enough to stop Lana's heart in her chest, but there was only loathing now. Even seeing him drenched in blood didn't make her stop anymore.
"What had they done?" she asked silently. "The captain was the only one who spoke to you."
The dark general looked at her as if she was speaking a language he didn't understand. It was in that moment that Lana truly knew he was utterly mad.
"Done?" he asked coldly. "This is a warning to everyone on this ship not to disobey me."
Lana said nothing. Pointing out no one had seemed futile when facing a monster like that.
***
Worgen took in the ship. Standing next to him, Lana wished she could have done the same. The Flora was a gorgeous ship by any standard, but she had a hard time appreciating it. Not when her mind was firmly on the guns of the Abysmal , pointed at the vessel.
The general turned his fierce attention on her and a smile flashed on his face. Now that was enough to scare Lana. With Corden gone, would she find herself as the fated of another general?
Merely thinking of his name hurt. Lana was deeply upset with herself for that. Her friends, her crew, the Raptor … but it was the warrior she couldn't get out of her head.
Luckily, Worgen said nothing of the sort. His actual words were even more surprising.
"It looks like this ship needs a new captain," he said. "Someone who understands."
You have got to be kidding me. You're just handing this to me?
"Find the bridge," Worgen said, holding her gaze. "Make yourself familiar with the ship. I will tell you what I need soon."
Before leaving Lana alone with her new command, he said with a grin: "If you please me, this ship might be in one piece when I finish with it."
And just like that, he was gone, taking his fighter back to the Abysmal, the "lesson" taught. Lana was left standing in a pool of blood, not believing a word he'd just said, but willing to make them true.
She looked around. A ship like the Flora carried close to a hundred thousand people. The Raptor had had a crew of two hundred.
Lana crouched down, laying her hand on the deck where it wasn't covered in blood. She felt the ship's beating heart, the sweet vibration of the deck under her skin. Luck hadn't been on her side much lately, but this one moment gave her hope again. The Raptor was gone, but she wouldn't lose this one.
She was a captain again.
CHAPTER TEN
Corden
Corden watched the situation unfold, analyzing it all like he always did.
The appearance of the Flora complicated things, but it still didn't make sense. It was Worgen's plan to attack Briolina, there was no way he could have misinterpreted that. That raised several unanswered questions. One, how exactly did he intend to do that?
Worgen was a formidable general and a warrior with the Abysmal at his back, but there was still only one of him. There were fifteen armies he had to go through, each and every one of them ready to abandon whatever they were doing to protect the home world. Even now, they were bound to hover somewhere nearby, waiting for Corden's word. If there was one enemy the Brions didn't underestimate, it was one of their own. They would hold the perimeter around the Abysmal as long as the fleet surrounded it like a living shield. And as long as Corden found out which parts of the legend were true. One of them said the Abysmal couldn't be damaged, not to mention destroyed.
As good of a fighter Worgen was, did he really expect to beat all of them? Corden counted himself among those who could stand
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