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“Here’s how this is going to work. All Vakarrans are to report back to their tents. Leave your weapons in the aisles and exit now,” he demanded and when no one moved, Nix sneered his orders.
“You heard what the bastard said. Fucking get out,” Nix growled, struggling in both Taraik’s and Xandaar’s strong holds, but neither gave him any room to get away.
Once Nix spoke, the Vakarrans moved. The sounds of weapons hitting the dirt clicked loud around us and boots stomped out. The whole process took only a few long moments, and finally, it was just us as well as the human women.
“Ladies, please return to your barracks for your own safety,” Roan commanded, and unsure expressions came over the large group of females. I studied them closely, and then realized that some of them looked relieved at his command to go.
One woman moved and then another, and slowly the group of a few hundred left the tent. A few looked back in my direction, giving me a sympathetic look before turning away and following the crowd.
Then, it was just me, my four Vakarrans, and Nix.
“I’m going to fucking kill all of you for this,” Nix growled. “I’m going to tell everyone and they’re going to come for you.”
Roan didn’t flinch; in fact, he even smirked. With a heavy sigh, he crossed his arms over his chest and leveled his calm, no-nonsense gaze straight on his superior officer. If he had turned that expression on me, I know that it would have certainly made me nervous and I was grateful for that.
For a long few seconds, Roan just stared at Nix. Finally, he lifted his chin just a hair and began to speak.
“You’ve been in power for only a short portion of the time I’ve served the Vakarran military sector, and you are by far the biggest power-hungry idiot of them all. Not only are you routinely cruel and inhumane to our conquered women, but now, you have the audacity to try to maim my human mate and I simply cannot stand for that. It has been a great honor to serve under Vakarran orders; that is, until you, but from this moment on, I am defecting from service. My battalion, as well as my mate are going far from here and we hope to never see your face again. One word of warning though, if I ever see you again, I’m going to pierce that rancid skull of yours with my strongest laser. I’ll fucking kill you if I ever see you again,” Roan roared.
Nix was silent. I almost grinned. I wondered just how much his legs were shaking right now. He looked scared enough to piss himself and I thought it couldn’t happen to a better person.
I felt Zac behind me. The metal around my wrists grew warm.
“Stay still. I don’t have a key and I don’t want the laser to graze you. You trust me, little dove?” Zac whispered in my ear and I simply nodded, too afraid to test my voice.
I took a deep breath, forcing my body to stay still even as the metal heated, hotter and hotter against my skin. Even when it felt like I was going to get burned, I remained perfectly still and finally, the cuffs popped open and I fell forward, but Zac was thankfully there to catch me. His arms curled around my waist, squeezing me tight to his chest and I sighed in relief. I felt safe then.
Roan nodded curtly in Xandaar’s direction and I watched as he swung his arm back, taking the butt of his gun and slamming it into the back of Nix’s head. There was a flash of shock on Nix’s face, before his eyes rolled and he slumped in Xandaar’s and Taraik’s arms. They released him, and he fell to the floor and didn’t move.
Roan moved toward me and Zac tossed me to him. As the largest of the four, he grabbed me and tossed me over his shoulder and the five of us rushed out of the tent, leaving Nix behind. It was extremely dark outside, with only the light of the stars to guide our way. I noticed that the moon wasn’t even out either.
We rushed into the woods. Roan and my Vakarrans sprinted, their speed much faster than any human could possibly hope to accomplish. Despite the fact that I was tossed naked over Roan’s shoulder, it didn’t seem to slow him down in the slightest. He held me firmly, his arm wound so tightly around my waist that I didn’t even bounce as he ran. Eventually, he shifted me onto his back and I curled around him, my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck.
After what seemed like hours later, I finally felt safe enough to whisper something.
“Where can we go that’s safe?” I whispered, so quietly that the only one that could possibly hear me would have been Roan.
“We’ve gathered some evidence that there is some sort of settlement of Vakarrans and humans alike in a city that, from what I understand, you humans used to call Atlanta,” he explained.
Atlanta had once been a thriving city, but that had been before the Vakarrans had come to Earth. Once word had reached Earth that the inevitable invasion was coming, the rich and elite abandoned everything in favor of escape. I’d only heard rumors of small groups of humans living in its depths, but nothing like a settlement like Roan was describing. Humans and Vakarrans? Living as one?
It seemed bizarre.
I didn’t ask anything more. Instead, I leaned my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes, exhaustion taking over me. I just breathed, and my captors ran, escaping with me and leaving everything they’d ever believed in far behind.
Now, it was just me and them. Together and alone. And we’d just pissed off one of the most powerful man in the Vakarran military.
I didn’t even want to think about it.
I fell asleep instead.
Chapter Twelve
Danika
I woke up to see the sky brightening above our heads. Roan and the others had slowed down and the five of us looked to be approaching the edges of the forest just a little way ahead. Between the trees, I could see buildings rising up toward the clouds.
We’d reached Atlanta.
