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I laugh in disbelief. Reason with my race? It all sounds too good to be true. Lately, I've had enough false promises I could fill an entire book.
"Sounds great, but I have one question. Where will Ax meet me? The Kalyx River is mostly unguarded, but the military will have eyes on every inch of that jungle."
His gaze falters. "Ax cannot come with you," he states firmly.
I shuffle back. "Excuse me?"
"His bounty is too large. His crimes, too inexcusable. He is partly responsible for the disappearance of thousands of women."
"And he has done his best to save some of those women, including myself. The Zelfon cannot judge an alien for crimes he is forced to commit," I say.
He looks at me like I'm crazy. “They can do whatever they choose. Our courts can judge an alien or person however they want. They have full reign. Besides, we're in the deadliest desert known to this planet. Even if they weren't allowed, who is going to stop them?”
"I can't leave without my mate," I say.
"Ax will be forced to fight in the judgment arena. If he loses, he dies," he says.
"What happens if he wins?"
"No one wins. If you want to stay, be my guest. The Gerkis will be here to collect the fetal tissue shortly," he says.
It's hardly a time for celebration. They took my mate from me. They tried to kill my child. I won't forget this. None of it.
I won't forget how they chained me, broke me, and tried to split me apart. They will rue the day they took advantage of my family.
I pocket the blade he gave me.
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"Thank you," I say.
He unlatches a back door and points to a long hallway that leads to an underground passageway.
"Be careful," he says. "If you get caught, it’s is all over."
I walk into the darkness with nothing left to lose. I’m in exile, ripped away from love.
I have to think of the life growing inside of me. But I will return.
This time, I will be the one to save him.
Ax
Chained to the walls of a strange, dark room, I wake with a splitting migraine and a few missing teeth. I twist and feel the bruises on my back swell. The Gerkis fucked me up, but no matter how hurt I am, I won't stop fighting for Anna.
It's difficult to open my eyes. So much of me is swollen. "Where am I?" I ask.
"You are in the judgment arena," a voice says.
I roll my head and let out a painful moan. "The... what?"
When I get my eyes open, I can see just how fucked up this mess is. I'm inside a giant arena, surrounded by Gerkis alien race traitors. They roar with applause.
"Criminal 43829. Are you ready to fight?"
How can an alien make his case when he has spent his entire life acting as an outlaw? These aliens want me dead. They want me to suffer in the worst possible way.
I ask for mercy, but words fall on deaf ears. I am treated with extreme barbarity, cruelty, and vulgarity; another boot to the stomach as Gerkis guards unchain me; another shock prod to the back of my neck. They give me a muscle paralyzer injection when they can't tame me, and a swift punch to the jaw as soon as I talk back.
