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Finally, pulling back, I looked deep into Aurora’s eyes.
The warmth in her gaze was unmistakable.
It mirrored my own feelings, the unspoken promise that we would face every challenge together, come what may.
“We did it,” she whispered, her voice filled with disbelief and relief.
“We sure did,” I responded, a proud smirk forming on my lips.
But our victory, as sweet as it was, was just the beginning.
We were out of the arena, true, but we were still very much in the lion’s den.
The massive ship that held us was teeming with unknown dangers, not least of which were the enigmatic and sinister Malquarans.
And that wasn’t all.
Aurora motioned toward the pod beside mine as it too hadn’t launched.
It was also empty.
“Did another male manage to escape too?” Aurora asked.
“One was trying to,” I said. “As its pod is empty I’m guessing it must have gotten out. Or else something malfunctioned with its pod.”
I peered around the bay area but saw no sign of the beast.
I wouldn’t worry about it now.
With any luck, we would never have to see the thing ever again.
“I have a feeling our hosts won’t be too pleased with our little stunt,” Aurora murmured.
I nodded in agreement. “We need to find a way off this ship and back home.”
Aurora’s face hardened with determination. “We escaped the arena, didn’t we? If we can do that, we can do anything.”
I grinned, pulling her close once again.“Anything.”
Aurora
Jayas’s grip was firm, almost frantic as he pulled me through the shimmering metal corridors of the ship.
The walls pulsed with a strange rhythm, an unearthly hum that spoke of machinery far beyond human understanding.
My head was still spinning from the close call in the pod, but it felt surreal, being out in the open, away from the claustrophobic confines.
Beside the entrance we’d just emerged from, another door beckoned.
Compelled by an insatiable curiosity, I glanced through the small porthole window.
The room mirrored the one we had been in, with multiple pods arranged in a circular pattern.
But the sight inside was both intriguing and heart-wrenching.
At the center of each set of pods was a female, surrounded by various alien males.
In one, a particularly striking alien female caught my attention.
