The Alien's Equal (Drixonian Warrior #7) - Ella Maven Page 0,28

blue glowing eyes mesmerizing me for a split second before I focused on the task at hand.

“I can scramble their heat and motion sensors for fifteen seeks,” I explained. “They’ll most likely think it’s a glitch or a pivar pack. They will be watching, so you must stay blanked the entire time.” Both heads nodded in unison. It was a little creepy.

“Once inside, kill the Kulk guards at the back gate and temporarily disable the gate’s alarm system like I showed you.”

Again, with the head nods.

“When the gates open, that’s the signal for us to enter. Don’t open the gates until the guards are put down and the alarms are disable, or we’ll be cooked.”

Head nods.

I turned to Bosa, who watched his warriors with pride. His glowing eyes met mine. “After you are inside safely, we’ll return to the returo to wait for the attack command,” he said.

I’d signal Daz when Justine and I had successfully shut down the Uldani defense systems, which could take a few yoras or it could take a few rotations. Either way, he and the rest of the Drixonians would be ready to attack Alazar as soon as they received my signal. I nodded. “If we don’t fail, the command will come.”

Bosa lips curled into a slight smirk. “I would say this is a near impossible task, but I’m learning you Drix are a fearless bunch with favor on your side.” His eyes slid to Justine. “And these stray females seem just like you. With less skill.”

“Hey,” Justine glowered at him. “I’ll show you skill, you big arrogant—”

I placed my hand on her shoulder and squeezed. She clamped her jaw shut but continued to incinerate Bosa, a creature twice her size, with a wicked glare.

Bosa’s smirk grew and he made as if to touch Justine’s hair, but she jerked away from his touch with a swat of her hand.

“Bosa,” I warned.

He held up his hand, palm out, in a gesture of concession. “I apologize to you, human.” He lowered his voice and leaned into us. “You, little female, have a warrior’s spirit. And in battle, that’s more important than skill.” Justine’s eyes went a little wide, and I was stunned speechless at his compliment. He cleared his throat and leaned back. “If you ever repeat I said that, I’ll deny it.”

Justine snorted, and I smiled. “Good to know.”

“Do your thing.” He inclined his head to me. “I’m ready for a break-in.”

I pulled my tablet out of my pack as Grego and Uther lined up at the edge of the tree-line. “Get ready,” I called out as I tapped away. This close to the city, I could force my way into the Uldani’s network, although I couldn’t linger for long without detection. My finger hovered over the security sensor controls. “Ready?”

White hair swished as they nodded.

“And…” I tapped the sensors pause. “Go.”

One minute, they stood in front of us, and the next minute, there was nothing. No sound, no twins. Just … nothing.

Bosa could see them though, as his eyes tracked movement across the open ground. Occasionally, I could detect a barely-there blur, but other than that, the twins were completely invisible.

“Incredible,” Justine whispered at my side.

Along the parapet of the city, I could see guards moving, scanning the grounds as they noticed the sensors had temporarily gone done. “Seven seeks left,” I murmured.

“Doesn’t matter,” Bosa said. “They’re already at the wall.”

“Can you see them?” I asked.

“Only the outline of their bodies.”

“And I thought Drix were fast,” Justine murmured.

“Grego and Uther are the fastest warriors I’ve ever seen. When they run, they look like they’re flying.” Bosa’s eyes gleamed with pride.

He had assured me his warriors could scale the walls with special grappling hooks that were designed to blend in with the background, just like the Kaluma’s skin. He wasn’t wrong. I couldn’t see anything on the walls.

“Almost at the top,” Bosa informed with squinted eyes. He sucked in a breath and then an evil smile slid across his face. “Guards are dispatched.”

“That’s fucking creepy,” Justine whispered near my ear. “They killed the guards without making a sound.”

“I imagined they held their hands over the guards’ mouths from behind and slit their throats,” I said.

Justine swallowed, her skin looking a little pale. “Thanks for the playback.”

“They’re inside,” Bosa announced. “I can’t see them anymore.”

“They should be working in disabling the gate right now,” I said.

We all waited, our breathing the only sound in the stillness of the night until a jolt of metal against metal carried