The executioners followed, leaving us to face a badly injured and very hungry shapeshifter.
“Surrender or die,”I said.
Kaelen shot me a narrow sidelong glance.“Have you always been this irrational?”
“What can I say? It’s that time of the month and I haven’t had any chocolate in over a year. Which makes me a bit homicidal.”I gestured at the Katanic. “If I were you, Wiggles, I’d run while you still can.”
The shapeshifter’s tentacles waved madly.“Ziyn is our true leader. Once we destroy the unbelievers, we will rule the universe.”
I made a rude noise.“Wrong answer.”
“Prepare to die.”Tossing his grenade down Wiggles’ maw, Kaelen grabbed me and teleported us to the hallway.
A muffled boom sounded. Pieces of shapeshifter flew out the door and hit the far wall.
Huh? The grenade hadn’t damaged Ziyn this badly.I toed a tentacle. “Is he still alive?”
Kaelen examined the remains and nodded.“It might take him a hundred years or more, but he can regenerate.”
“Can he regenerate in the vacuum of space?”Call me curious.
A smile curved Kaelen’s mouth.“You are the perfect mate. The Tai-Kok ships have several systems to remove and dump biological waste into space.”
“I’d say he qualifies as biological waste.”
“He does.”There was a flash of black, and we appeared in a control room.Kaelen walked over to a control panel and pushed several buttons.
On a viewscreen we watch as pieces of Wiggles shot from the ship and disappeared into the darkness.
“Bye. Bye.”I went up on my toes and brushed my lips over Kaelen’s.“Love you, big guy. You don’t cut and run when things get interesting.”
“Interesting? Wherever you go, chaos soon follows.”
I grinned.“Exactly”
“Minx.”His mouth closed over mine. There was no gentleness in his kiss, just hunger akin to starvation.
Woo-freakin-hoo, I couldn’t wait to find out what sex was like with him.
Kaelen’s mouth left mine and he sighed.“As much as I would like to continue kissing you, we must prepare for battle.”
“Okay. I love killing monsters. Have you ever heard of the Trojan Horse?”
Kaelen frowned for a moment, then threw his head back and roared with laughter.“The Tai-Kok will never see us coming.”
“Exactly.”
Another vortex formed.
“Crap we’re out of grenades,”I groaned.
Something dark and predatory moved in Kaelen’s eyes and his hand dropped to his weapon.“Together we cannot be defeated.”
“Damn right.”
Uncle Saul and my dad came flying out of the vortex and hit the deck hard.
I hurried over to them. “Are you okay?”
