Not Quite Terran Part 4 (Scifi Alien Romance) (4 page)
The low knock came again, and she moved toward the main door. She reached for the palm pad, intent on opening the doors, when Karru was suddenly there and nudging her back.
She rolled her eyes and sighed. “I am capable of opening the door.”
“Of course you are. I am also capable of protecting you. There are too many who would like to see you gone, and Advisor Takkol is at the top of that list. You are important because you are the Jhoari, but you are important to
me
because you are mine and I will always put your life before mine.”
“No,” she shook her head.
“Allow me to be a male worthy of you.”
Her eyes softened and emotion clogged her voice. “You are always worthy of me. You don’t have to die in my place.”
That earned her a fierce and quick kiss, his lips pressed hard against hers, and then he pulled away. Ending the kiss before it truly began. She would have loved to—
The doors whooshed apart and it wasn’t any of her guards standing in the doorway. It was… Advisor Takkol.
Advisor Takkol with a phaser in hand.
A phaser that immediately fired. And he didn’t hit her. He shot Karru.
Karru. Her Karru.
A scream immediately tore from her throat, and as the sound echoed through her rooms, Advisor Takkol’s eyes widened and exposed the white of his orbs. At the same time, guards came rushing around the corner, racing toward her. One of the males tackled the older man to the ground, immediately disarming him.
Rebecca focused on Karru, dropping to her knees at his side and reaching for him. The wound didn’t bleed, none of the fluid rushing forward to soak his clothing. That was the good, and bad, of phaser wounds. They caused damage and immediately cauterized the gaping holes.
Gaping hole. It was much larger than the size of her fist, and charred at the edges. It was inches above his heart and dead center exactly where… Her head would have been had she answered the summons. Takkol hadn’t been able to approach her, to talk to her, but he had done his research. He’d obviously talked to someone, or observed the way she was interrupted during sleeping zentics. He knew she’d be standing there. He obviously hadn’t known Karru had returned.
The growls and snarls of the scuffle behind her finally drew her attention and she whipped out her orders. “Put him in holding and get me medical,
now!
” She met Takkol’s glare. “You should pray he lives because if he doesn’t… You will know pain.”
To be continued in Not Quite Terran Part Five…
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