Irresistible: A SciFi Alien Mail Order Bride Romance (TerraMates Book 9)

Irresistible: A SciFi Alien Mail Order Bride Romance (TerraMates Book 9) by Lisa Lace

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the window, watching people come and go. They were unloading climbing equipment and other supplies.
    “That looks like some gear to go mountain climbing.” She nodded, keeping her eyes on the people outside.
    “Yep. The Mestolo’s at the top of a mountain.”
    “How do they know?”
    “They got that far before. They stopped when Morley discovered them and turned back. He wasn’t going to lead them directly to the artifact. His last transmission came from the top of that mountain,” she said, nodding her head to the left. “Before the cave-in.”
    I shifted my neck and spotted the biggest mountain I had ever seen. It wasn’t a place for climbing. It was a place where people died, leaving their corpses frozen for eternity.
    “We have to climb that?” I whispered, turning to give Emmy a disgruntled look. She didn’t say anything and just looked at me with her big brown eyes. “With Abel’s men after us?”
    “It will give us the motivation to move quickly.”
    I smiled for the first time in a long while. Emmy smiled back, and her eyes lit up. She looked fantastic.
    I struggled to keep up my end of the conversation, with half of my mind thinking about how beautiful she looked when she smiled. The other half wondered if Emmy had what it took to get up the mountain.
    “Definitely motivating. Er…are you sure you’ll be able to manage it?” I said, knowing the question would get me in trouble before it was out of my mouth.
    “I’ll manage just fine. It’s you I’m worried about,” she said with sincerity.
    The nerve of the little wench. “I hope you can keep up with me.”

    * * *
    E MMY
    We waited until sundown to get off the spaceship. As the second sun dropped below the horizon, Ven touched my arm, making me jump.
    “It looks like there’s no one around anymore. Darkness will give us the cover we need to get away. If there’s still someone out there guarding the shuttle, we’ll have to deal with them. We’re not going to get a better chance.”
    “One more thing,” I added. “We can’t let them get a head start. If we get onto the mountain ahead of them, we’ll be able to move faster because there are only two of us.”
    “Right. Keep alert.” Ven pulled out his gun. He set it to the highest stun setting before lethal. It made me feel nervous and safe at the same time. I was still trying to come to grips with the fact that Ven might be a very dangerous person. He had said he was ex-military. Even if he was bad at his job, he had a lot of training on how to kill people.
    I suspected Ven had been an excellent soldier. Once he informed me about his background, I sensed a subtle change in his demeanor. He had given himself permission to act naturally again. When I first met him, I thought he was one of the most mild-mannered guys I had ever seen. Now there was a glint in his eye of pure steel. His face was a mask of concentration.
    I knew he could protect me, but I wasn’t sure I could do the same for him. If anything happened to him because he helped me, I would never forgive myself.
    I followed Ven down a ramp onto the ground and looked around. There was nobody here. At the other end of the spaceport’s broad landing pad, there was some activity. A new shuttle was landing. But in our area, the spaceships were all shut down. Their lights were off. Maybe they were left there for the night, or we were in long-term parking. I had no idea.
    Jogging lightly across the lot, Ven and I kept to the shadows. As we approached the building, Ven called for a stop on the outside of the circle of lights, giving him a chance to observe the entrance. Heralla was a low-technology planet and had inadequate security. It didn’t have people or credits, but it was creating a name for itself as a vacation destination. With its rugged landscape and low population density, it was perfect for people who wanted to get away from urban living.
    Even though Heralla had established itself as a wilderness environment, that

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