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“We were. Thank you for your hospitality,” Taraik agreed and he slinked his arm around my shoulder, directing me toward one of them. Alaina caught my eye and smiled, telling me without words that everything was going to be okay. Taraik’s grip on my arm tightened, an indication that told me otherwise though. I swallowed nervously.
I had some explaining to do once I was alone with the four of them.
I had a feeling my poor backside was about to pay the price of my rashness, but I hoped they’d listen to me first, before they simply reacted. No one stopped us as we walked down the hall. The door slid open and shut behind the five of us, the sound ridiculously loud in the ensuing silence.
Once we were completely alone, I whirled around and quickly sat down on the bed. At that moment, I was more than grateful for the dress covering my body as all four of them were staring at me with stern gazes that left my ass and pussy clenching anxiously before them.
“We have a few things to discuss,” Roan began, his tone incredibly stern as he reached for my wrist.
“Wait. Please,” I begged. To his credit, Roan did wait, taking a step back and crossing his arms over his chest.
Taraik glared in my direction.
“Now you ask for forgiveness, after everything,” he muttered, the hurt he’d clearly been holding at bay taking over his features.
My eyes watered.
“Please. I didn’t run because I wanted to leave you,” I rushed to say. “There was something else I needed to do that forced me to run.”
“Guys, wait. Let her explain,” Zac said. I’d half expected him to be the angriest at me, as he was always the quickest to lose his temper, but this time, he was calm. Ready to defend me and I adored him for it.
“I’m sure she had her reasons,” Xandaar replied and I could see the love in his eyes. He’d been the most difficult to get to know, but now that we’d come to an understanding of each other, I could tell that he had the biggest heart of all.
Taraik and Roan though, both men I knew would eventually see reason, seemed the most furious out of the four. I slid down to my knees before them and pressed my palms together.
“Please. I was afraid for my sister,” I began.
“Your sister is here,” Roan scoffed.
“Alaina isn’t my only sister,” I answered.
Roan stiffened.
“You know of my sister Kira, far off in space with her captors. You know now of my sister Alaina, but you know not of my final sister,” I replied.
Taraik’s brow rose, his gaze contemplative and I knew I was beginning to get somewhere.
“I have another sister, Kaela. She’s the youngest of us. She’s not known by the Vakarrans and she’s still safe deep in the forest. When Xandaar mentioned that Nix knew of a settlement of humans, I thought he meant her, and I knew I had to warn her, to tell her to run. Please. She’s family. My blood. I couldn’t bear it if someone destroyed her because Nix found her,” I shouted, desperate to say what I needed to say before the four of them descended on me.
Roan spoke first, as I expected him to.
“Danika, I understand where you’re coming from. I, like you, feel a strong kinship w
ith my comrades and would do anything to protect them. Would you say that was a similar comparison to what you felt with your sister?” he said. I adored him for trying to understand me, rather than to just react.
“Yes, sir,” I replied, knowing that the only thing that could serve me now was my obedience with my four captors, my four men.
Taraik took a deep breath, kneeling down to stare into my eyes. I begged him with my body to understand me, but when he looked at me, I was sad to still see disappointment there in his eyes.
“Little dove. Why did you not think to tell us this? Why run and tell us nothing? You left us to think that you’d abandoned us and had forsaken everything that we’d shared. You hurt every single one of us,” he said softly, and every word was like a dagger to my heart.
I pressed my palms to my chest and drew in a shaky breath.
Guilt speared through me. He was right. I could have told them what was wrong. I could have trusted them since they’d shown absolutely zero signs that they would betray me. None. Nothing at all. All evidence actually pointed to the polar opposite. Instead, I’d solely reacted on instinct and ran away on my own rather than talk with any of them.
“Please,” I begged.
Taraik sighed.
