Mate Abduction (Alien Abduction #9) - Eve Langlais Page 0,42
to herself to know for sure, which was why she didn’t turn the ship around. She did think about sending a message, only to hesitate each time. For one, he’d not sent any. And two…he wasn’t coming after her.
The disappointment dragged down her spirits. How dare he respect her choice?
Maybe he wasn’t her mate after all.
Fifteen
Belle had left. He couldn’t believe she’d done it and without even saying goodbye.
Thyos had been so sure the bond would snap into place. That she’d realize they were meant to be together.
It never happened. And she left. He moped almost as much as her dog, but at least—unlike some furry beasts—he didn’t try and eat anyone.
After the incident with their neighbor—who escaped with all his body parts intact, if slobbered on—he made sure Ralph stuck close by and had plenty of raw meat. It seemed to soothe the beast, whereas Thyos turned to physical exertion. which didn’t actually help. He missed Belle.
His goddess was less than pleased. She appeared while he was sword training, not even taking the time to possess a mortal body. She appeared in all her youthful glory, her brows drawn together in annoyance. “Why are you not making babies with the orphan?”
He didn’t pause in his swinging at the dummy. His arm throbbed as the impact of sword against immovable object reverberated the length of it. “If you’re talking about Clarabelle, she left.”
“And you allowed it?”
He paused to lean the tip of his sword on the ground. “It wasn’t up to me. I always said it was her choice.” Either she wanted him or she didn’t.
The didn’t part still hurt.
“You stupid, stupid male! Leaving wasn’t her choice. She is only gone because of your damned sister and that bird!” The goddess paced in agitation.
He took a moment to mull the statement and slowly said to ensure he understood, “Are you saying she didn’t leave of her own volition?”
“Of course, she didn’t! The girl is head over heels for you. She was planning to tell you when they knocked her out and tossed her into her cabin on the ship. They kept her asleep until they entered the next star system.”
Which Thyos knew took only a few days. It had been more than eight since she left.
He glanced at the sky then his goddess. “If what you say is true, then she’s now been awake long enough she could have returned.” Clearly she’d chosen not to.
“She’s confused.”
“Aren’t we all?” he grumbled as he whacked some more at the dummy that didn’t deserve the abuse.
“She’ll be back?” Karma should have tried to sound more confident.
“Doubtful. I gave her exactly what she wanted.” The coordinates for a human colony with all kinds of males for her to choose from.
Bang.
Males she could fornicate with.
Slam.
Someone like her to fall in love with.
Clang. Crash. He stared at the severed dummy at his feet.
“So when will you go after her?” was Karma’s dry reply to the savagery.
“I’m not.”
“What do you mean not? You need to fetch her right now.” Karma stamped her foot, and the whole world trembled.
The idea tempted, but he did have some pride. “I’m not abducting her. If she is my sykyrah, she’ll come back.”
The question being, how long would it take?
And what if she never returned?
Sixteen
It was taking too long. The repairs on the ship should have been done two weeks ago.
Two.
Weeks.
Two weeks of being unable to leave this nightmare colony.
How had Clarabelle ever thought she could live among whiny humans again? Had she ever been so soft?
Worse, she wondered about Thyos. She’d been unable to send any messages. The communication system just another broken thing in a string of them.
And Ishtara didn’t seem bothered one bit. She was having a grand ol’ time on New Galilea, swapping stories with the colonists, getting drunk on their wine.
But all Clarabelle wanted to do was try and salvage the future she’d tossed away.
The colony leader, who called himself General Murphy, sauntered to her side, a portly man with a luxurious mustache and a genial expression. “You seem agitated, niece.”
General Murphy had a tendency of calling all the girls his nieces. And the boys his nephews.
“I’m anxious to get going, but apparently, the repairs are taking longer than expected.”
“I’m surprised you’re in such a rush to leave. Wasn’t finding a human settlement your dream?”
She cast him a glance. It wasn’t the first time the leader of the colony had shown an odd perception for what she might be thinking. “Apparently I didn’t know what I wanted.”
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