Free Nova: A Scifi Alien Romance (Rebel Lords) by Kylie Gold

looked to me, her lilac eyes piercing into mine, “You are a wonderful leader to sacrifice your time to help your men in their time of need.” My heart felt lifted by her words, glad to be doing the right thing.
    I gave her a nod, “I will return.”
    I turned and headed out of the tent, walking back home to my hut. I ran a hand through my hair as I pushed the door open. Walking in and closing the door, I looked about for Julia, wanting her to be ready to eat so that I could hurry back to the men; already I wasn’t looking forward to the conversation that would take place over lunch. I was certain she would want to talk about the previous day, and nothing that had taken place that day I was ready to talk about. She wasn’t in the communal area, so I walked back into the living area and looked about. She wasn’t in the bed or in her cot. Moving to the bathroom door, I gave a knock, “Julia?” I called in there. I gave another knock, but there was no answer. I pushed the door open to find it empty. My eyes widened and heart plummeted. Where was she?
    I raced back through the hut, looking in the blankets of the bed and glancing around at every corner of the rooms as though she was just going to pop out of nowhere and still be in the hut. But she was nowhere to be found. Julia was gone.

13

Julia
    I watched from the comfort of the blankets as Nova climbed out of bed. He dressed himself and left without muttering a single word to me, leaving me dazed and confused; had I done something wrong? A sigh escaped my lips as I laid in the now empty bed. My sex was tender from the intense throes of passion from the previous night; it was as if I could still feel his cock pressing into the walls of my sex. Our bodies just melded so perfectly together. Last night was easily the best night I’d ever had—never had something felt so pleasurable or right. My mind was clouded with thoughts of Nova and his body, wondering if he had felt anything remotely similar.
    I shouldn’t think about him that way. He was a Navani and I was human, and if anything ever came out of what had happened, it just simply wouldn’t work out. Besides, Nova was only keeping me there to be a bargaining chip in his war against the humans. Once he got what wanted, what would stop him from killing me? He and his men had killed time and time again before me. My death would just be another tally in the grand total of humans killed on Shaviro. I doubt he would feel any kind of remorse for my death.
    Yet, I couldn’t stop thinking about how perfect last night had been; the way our bodies moved in sync and how wonderfully his lips felt against mine. If I closed my eyes, I could still picture the night before perfectly. The feeling of his body on mine was lingering, even though he was gone. In all my years, I had never had a lover leave such an impression on me. I had never been one to really date, but when a male suitor did find himself in my bed, the experience had only ever been mediocre to say the most. But with Nova…
    I needed to get out of here; before I let my feelings for him completely cloud my judgement. There was no way I could have anything to do with him or his tribe, I would only wind up dead. I started planning to leave, not knowing how in the world I would get out of there. I got to my feet and began dressing hastily; if I was going to get out of there before Nova returned, I needed to get going. Moving over to the window, I peeked out to see if the coast was clear. There wasn’t a soul in my line of sight. My mind began to wonder as to where all of the Navani people were exactly and if it had anything to do with the attack the day before, but I quickly shook the thoughts away. It didn’t matter where they were, as long as they weren’t in sight of Nova’s hut so I could escape. I began slowly making my way over to the only door that led to the outside world. My stomach was in my throat as I gently nudged the door open.
    Once I had the door