Caught Between Two Blue Aliens - Celia Kyle Page 0,66

She’d called her Azi.

“Ugh, I should’ve taken the stairs!” Finally, the bell dinged, and the doors parted at the lobby.

Jenna sprinted for the front of the building and burst out onto the street, elbowing past the paparazzi who rushed up, trying to capture pictures of whatever she was about to do. Clicks and flashes sounded off as she threw her arms around Noah and Bea. Tears blurred her vision, and at that moment she didn’t care what images were being displayed worldwide. She’d finally found them, and they were in her arms. This was all that mattered.

Jenna wiped her eyes, peering back and forth at their faces. “What—what’s going on?” she sniffled. “What happened? Why were you gone? Are you okay?”

Sevith slipped an arm around her shoulders and she melted into him, still peering intently at her siblings’ rueful little faces. A wave of calm and warmth entered her mind—a gift from her two Drokten. And suddenly all the pieces fell into place and she realized Noah and Bea’s disappearance was intentional. On their part.

“Wait a second. You two weren’t kidnapped. Were you? You…you ran away?” she gasped as an epic wave of outrage rushed through her veins. “Somebody please tell me what the hell is going on here?”

Hiren straightened his shoulders. “Sevith will provide the details.”

Sevith gave him a glare that promised retribution.

She threw up her hands. “I don’t care who tells me as long as I get a damn good explanation.”

“Jenna. Jenna?” A photographer shouted from behind a vehicle. “Look over here. Kiss both the Drokten for us!”

Oh wow. Was this her future? Posing for pictures wherever she went? Like some sort of…celebrity? These people were going to be sorely disappointed. She wasn’t exactly celebrity material.

“Commander, hold her hand again!”

A growl rumbled in Sevith’s throat. He obviously wasn’t on board with this either.

“Come on,” Hiren suggested, nodding to the children. “We should all go inside so we can have some privacy from the human information network.”

“Good idea.”

Bea and Noah appeared absolutely petrified. This was a situation so far out of their league, and Jenna could tell they already deeply regretted their mistakes.

The police flooded out of the apartment building right then, their expressions grim and serious as they walked over. The paparazzi continued to take pictures. And Jenna’s stomach sank. She had no more spoons left to deal with any of this.

Sevith let go of her and stepped back. “I will speak with your local peacekeepers,” he growled as he strode away. “Go inside. Wait for me in your quarters.”

“Thank you,” Jenna yelled after him, grateful to not have to deal with law enforcement anymore. Sevith, the commander of the entire Drokten fleet, would do a much better job than she ever could at all of that.

Then Hiren grabbed her hand, and she grabbed Noah’s hand and the four of them left the photographers’ shouting voices behind as they entered the building and walked to the elevator. The metal doors shut behind them and finally, they were inside the small space, alone.

Jenna rounded on the kids. “What has gotten into you two?” she ranted. “Do you even know how worried I was? How scared? I had no idea where you were, if you were hurt or… worse!”

“I’m sorry, Jenna,” Noah murmured.

“We messed up,” Beatrice admitted. “It’s my fault. The whole thing was my idea.”

“It was? But…Why? How?”

“Hiren h-h-helped us.”

“How did you even end up in the same location for Hiren to help you? Where did you go?”

“I found them in the lobby at Drokten Main,” Hiren cut in. “They were at the front desk, apparently looking for you.”

Jenna frowned and pinched the bridge of her nose. “What?” she mumbled. “Why?”

“I heard what you t-t-told Jade,” Bea rambled, pausing every other word to sniffle and wipe at her eyes. “I thought something b-b-bad was going to happen and that awful man you told Jade about was going to come take us away. I went to find Sevith and Hiren so they could help us—”

Jenna’s shoulders slumped. “You heard us?” Oh hell. This was going to get tricky.

“Yes.”

“Heard what? What did she overhear?” Hiren asked.

She lifted her chin and met her Bahn’s troubled blue gaze. He looked so handsome with his official-looking chest plate and that thick blue hair. His muscled arms were bare, as if he didn’t even care that it was chilly outside. It was so good to have the two of them back in her vicinity, to have the comfort of their connection. She could literally feel