They kept themselves busy, doing what was necessary to get through each day. My job was to make their lives as easy and as comfortable as possible.
But I had no contact with them. I had no idea if the work I did each day had much of an effect. We’d enjoyed peace for centuries, so I suppose we must be doing something right.
I heard a commotion.
Raised voices somewhere further up the ramparts.
They spread quickly, shouts rising.
In the courtyard, the guards split in half.
Half came running into the palace, the other half remained in their positions below.
The towers unfurled, opening up like flowers in bloom, revealing huge defensive turrets that locked onto something in the night sky.
What were they targeting?
Was it a drill I hadn’t been informed about?
I saw nothing where they were aiming.
Then I saw them.
Distant points of light. A dozen of them. Maybe more.
And they were growing larger.
Shouts echoed up through the palace. Boots thudded as they rushed in my direction.
Meanwhile, those lights grew bright and more defined. They drifted apart, forming a wide arc. They streaked through the sky, heading directly for me.
The sensation in the pit of my gut drew tighter, firmer, as if working to a crescendo.
Was this what Garrick’s instincts were telling him was going to happen?
The defensive turrets opened fire, shooting powerful bolts of plasma at the open sky.
The points of white light spun end over end, turning to avoid the worst of the flak.
Half the lights blinked out of existence after the first barrage.
The other half kept screaming toward the palace.
I backed away from the window. I couldn’t just stand there, an easy target.
I was halfway across the room when the doors flew open.
Garrick turned to the open window and threw out an arm. His eyes bulged.
“No!” he bellowed.
One of the lights morphed into a shuttlecraft, war class, its undercarriage glowing bright and blinding.
The defensive turrets would swat them from the sky before they reached the outer walls.
But their goal wasn’t to take me away. They weren’t there to abduct me and take me hostage. The blinding purple haze winding up to release its dangerous payload told me that much.
It was a powerful ion cannon charging up to be released.
Not much of my quarters in the west wing of the palace would be left after the shot had been fired.
There was a pure moment of calm as I peered back at Garrick, who sprinted across the open space toward me.
I didn’t know what he thought he could do. All he could do was die with me. There was no way he was going to prevent what was going to happen next.
The high-end ion cannon released its devastating payload.
The white-hot liquid plasma was as thick as I was tall. It screamed as it tore through the air, turning it electric. It made my hair stand on end.
The bolt struck the floor of the bed chamber and hurled me off my feet.
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In space, no one can hear you scream...
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I’ve been reading romance and science fiction my whole life. I always wondered why those genres hadn’t been a mash-up years ago and now I'm super excited I get to combine them into a single steamy encounter!
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TRAPPED BY THE ALIEN
Book Five in the Fated Mates of the Titan Empire series
by Tammy Walsh
Copyright © 2020 Tammy Walsh
Published by Urgency
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