said quietly.
“You’ve put me in a tenuous position, Sandi. I am expected to go back with you in tow. What the hell am I going to tell the powers that be at IDSE?”
“I don’t know. Wait. Tell them I died, that way no one else will come looking for me again.”
A noise outside drew her attention to the tent flap. She gasped when Dreab and Erup walked in and stood at her back, placing their hands on her shoulders. She watched as her commanding officer sized them up and then looked back at her. Sandi sighed and introduced the men.
“Sir, these two men are Dreab and Erup Reyrd, my mates. Dreab, Erup, this is my commanding officer, Tim Schneider.”
Sandi felt the tension in the air, but was thankful when her commanding officer offered his hand in greeting. She looked over her shoulder and nearly smiled at the puzzled looks on her mates’ faces.
“You’re supposed to shake his hand in greeting,” Sandi explained. Then she did laugh out loud as both her men shook Tim’s hand with exuberance. Dreab and Erup moved to her sides, and they each sat down on the ground next to her. She hoped they wouldn’t become too arrogant and aggressive as she talked with her commanding officer.
“What is the name of the planet we are on?” Tim asked.
“Eagron,” Dreab replied.
“You’re species is just like us, human beings,” Tim stated.
“Yes, we are with only one difference,” Erup replied.
Sandi turned to him and gave him a quelling stare, but he either didn’t get the hint or chose to ignore her. His wings slid out of his shoulder cavity to fill the room, and her commanding officer jumped in his seat, toppling back in his chair. Sandi couldn’t help the nervous giggle that erupted from her mouth.
She saw Dreab rise to his feet to help Tim up from the ground. Tim walked around behind Erup and then back to stand in front of her. She suddenly realized that her commanding officer could understand her men.
“How is it you can understand them? When I first arrived, they had to put a spell on me so I could comprehend what they were saying.”
“Our scientists have been working on a universal translator. We were all implanted with the device before we come looking for you. It only takes a few words from the species for the translator to begin working.”
“Well, that’s good. I’m not sure you would have liked their way of be-spelling you,” Sandi said with a smile. She knew she had confused her commander by the puzzled look on his face, but she didn’t elaborate.
“You will be leaving now that you know Sandi is safe,” Dreab stated more than asked.
Sandi stepped in between her men and her commanding officer. They looked like they were about to go at each other’s throats. The three men stood scowling at each other. The testosterone in the room was enough to get her hackles up.
Dreab picked her up and placed her behind him, then spun back around to face Tim. Shit, what was she going to do?
Sandi watched as her two men and her commanding officer faced off to each other. There was no way in hell she was letting them fight because of her. She pushed her way in between her mates and her commanding officer and held her hands up. She turned to Tim and began to speak.
“I know you have a job to do and can’t leave until you are satisfied you have done your duty. But please try to understand I can’t go back. Do you have any idea what will happen to me if I do? Do you think the scientist and the government are going to let me live in peace when they find out I have mated with beings from another planet? I’m like they are, Tim. I have wings just as they do. If you take me back, which I won’t even contemplate doing, I will be cut up, dissected, all in the name of research and science. What will happen to my baby? Do you think they will let it live? Please, I’m begging you. Pretend you never saw me and let me live in peace with my husbands. As far as I am concerned, I am dead to Earth.”
She took her
“You’ve put me in a tenuous position, Sandi. I am expected to go back with you in tow. What the hell am I going to tell the powers that be at IDSE?”
“I don’t know. Wait. Tell them I died, that way no one else will come looking for me again.”
A noise outside drew her attention to the tent flap. She gasped when Dreab and Erup walked in and stood at her back, placing their hands on her shoulders. She watched as her commanding officer sized them up and then looked back at her. Sandi sighed and introduced the men.
“Sir, these two men are Dreab and Erup Reyrd, my mates. Dreab, Erup, this is my commanding officer, Tim Schneider.”
Sandi felt the tension in the air, but was thankful when her commanding officer offered his hand in greeting. She looked over her shoulder and nearly smiled at the puzzled looks on her mates’ faces.
“You’re supposed to shake his hand in greeting,” Sandi explained. Then she did laugh out loud as both her men shook Tim’s hand with exuberance. Dreab and Erup moved to her sides, and they each sat down on the ground next to her. She hoped they wouldn’t become too arrogant and aggressive as she talked with her commanding officer.
“What is the name of the planet we are on?” Tim asked.
“Eagron,” Dreab replied.
“You’re species is just like us, human beings,” Tim stated.
“Yes, we are with only one difference,” Erup replied.
Sandi turned to him and gave him a quelling stare, but he either didn’t get the hint or chose to ignore her. His wings slid out of his shoulder cavity to fill the room, and her commanding officer jumped in his seat, toppling back in his chair. Sandi couldn’t help the nervous giggle that erupted from her mouth.
She saw Dreab rise to his feet to help Tim up from the ground. Tim walked around behind Erup and then back to stand in front of her. She suddenly realized that her commanding officer could understand her men.
“How is it you can understand them? When I first arrived, they had to put a spell on me so I could comprehend what they were saying.”
“Our scientists have been working on a universal translator. We were all implanted with the device before we come looking for you. It only takes a few words from the species for the translator to begin working.”
“Well, that’s good. I’m not sure you would have liked their way of be-spelling you,” Sandi said with a smile. She knew she had confused her commander by the puzzled look on his face, but she didn’t elaborate.
“You will be leaving now that you know Sandi is safe,” Dreab stated more than asked.
Sandi stepped in between her men and her commanding officer. They looked like they were about to go at each other’s throats. The three men stood scowling at each other. The testosterone in the room was enough to get her hackles up.
Dreab picked her up and placed her behind him, then spun back around to face Tim. Shit, what was she going to do?
Sandi watched as her two men and her commanding officer faced off to each other. There was no way in hell she was letting them fight because of her. She pushed her way in between her mates and her commanding officer and held her hands up. She turned to Tim and began to speak.
“I know you have a job to do and can’t leave until you are satisfied you have done your duty. But please try to understand I can’t go back. Do you have any idea what will happen to me if I do? Do you think the scientist and the government are going to let me live in peace when they find out I have mated with beings from another planet? I’m like they are, Tim. I have wings just as they do. If you take me back, which I won’t even contemplate doing, I will be cut up, dissected, all in the name of research and science. What will happen to my baby? Do you think they will let it live? Please, I’m begging you. Pretend you never saw me and let me live in peace with my husbands. As far as I am concerned, I am dead to Earth.”
She took her
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