Stolen and Seduced - Christine Pope Page 0,255

opens up, just like before in the other room, and my lips part in shock.

The technology on this spaceship is like nothing I've ever seen before.

Jabex glances at me before gesturing to the inside of the room. "Get in." He doesn't give me time to go on my own, instead pushing me into the room. I almost fall, but his rough hand stops me. His crystal blue eyes meet mine. "You'll be safe. This should all be over soon."

And then he's gone, the steel door sliding back in place behind him.

I stare at the wall for a moment before finally turning to look at the softly illuminated room. There's not much to it, only a couple of beds, but I look around, having a feeling that there's some secret panels in here too.

If this is their safe room, or ward, or whatever they called it, then they likely have food and supplies stored in the walls.

But that's not my focus as my gaze lands on the little keypad next to the door. I move closer, finding it odd that they have one when everything else seems to be operated by handprints in secret places.

Maybe it’s a backup safety measure.

I tilt my head to the side slightly as I study the keypad. It doesn't look too fancy. It almost looks like human technology.

But even if it isn't, you may be able to get into it anyway.

I'm not my sister's best tech girl for nothing…

Chapter 11

The cover on the keypad gives away with a snap, and my lips pull into a grin as the grey, cold piece of metal falls into my hand.

This is my escape.

It's going to be tricky, getting out of here while the place is under attack. And there's also the fact that we're in the air, god knows where.

But maybe they have some communication device somewhere here on the spaceship. Even if it's not just a phone, I should be able to find some kind of way to use it to get in contact with Saylor.

I've studied alien tech just as much as I've studied human technology, and I'm confident that if I just find something, then I can use it. All I need to do is finish getting out of this room.

I narrow my eyes on the exposed wires sitting inside the panel. The wires vary in color and size. I have no doubt that if I just start pulling cords, it'll blow the system and then I'll really be stuck in here.

And if they have some type of safety precaution in place, it just may kill me.

Which would be better than being a hostage on this spaceship, allowing aliens to... to...

Kiss you? Touch you? Go down on you?

I push the crude thoughts from my head, not wanting to focus on them. The guys may keep saying that I'm their mate and they're going to bring me pleasure, but eventually, that's going to change. They're going to remember that I'm valuable to my sister and try to use me to draw her out.

Or worse, they'll just hand me right over to the AHA. The alliance will also try to use me to get to my sister. And there's no telling the methods they'll use. They want my sister more than anyone, her list of crimes against them too long to remember. They'll wreck my body, trying to get me to tell them where the base is and after that's done with, if I make it through it, they'll hang me out like bait. Expecting my sister to come and turn herself in.

Except she won't.

They don't know it, but my sister's rebellion is more important than I am. Rescuing me from an Elihu spaceship is one thing but trying to rescue me from the AHA compound would be too risky. It’d put her directly in the hands of her enemy, and she won't allow that to happen.

I blow out a breath, continuing to study the wires.

I need to save myself.

Continuing to study the panel, I finally reach out, trailing my hand along the blue wire.

This one has to lead to the door, I decide after glimpsing between it and the multiple green and red wires.

But if it doesn't and something else malfunctions…

I don't allow myself to think about it for much longer as I reach out and grip the wire with both hands. This would go better if I actually had something sharp to quickly cut the wire with, but I've got to do what I have to