Free Mikal (Second Wave Book 3) by Mikayla Lane Page B

around; Lara will too. You’ll get to meet her when we land,” Dree said excitedly.
    Alpha Two was overwhelmed. She’d seen television shows and movies to learn about the humans and how to interact with them, to blend in with them so when she went on a mission she wouldn’t stand out. But these guys . . . she’d never seen anything like the way they interacted together.
    The love, respect, and affection between them was so thick that it was hard not to feel caught up in it, but they also played together like she’d seen human children do in the shows she’d seen, yet they were grown. It was all very confusing-more so because she wished she knew how to play too.
    Deacon, who had been flying the transport, broke in on the speakers.
    “Landing in 5, 4 . . . if you want to drop the doc a few extra feet for the heck of it, now’s the time to do it, 3, 2 . . . damn—lost your chance. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome home,” Deacon said as the ship touched down and he opened the landing door.
    Mikal held Two’s hand, keeping her in her seat while the rest of his siblings piled at the door, fighting to get out first. Jason and Cade carried the doctor out, followed by Deacon, who saluted Mikal with a grin before jumping out of the ship.
    When they were alone on the ship, Mikal turned to Two.
    “I know this is going to be really strange and overwhelming for you. We’re like a hybrid military unit, so don’t be too surprised that this looks like a military base on a smaller scale,” Mikal explained, hoping she wouldn’t panic and leave when she saw their base of operations.
    Chris and Mikal had both agreed that the best thing to do, under the circumstances, was to take her and the doctor to a little-used base they had in northeast Tennessee. The old airport still looked like a dilapidated wreck from the outside, but their father had outfitted the place with the latest and greatest things he could make to protect his children.
    Alpha Two would have worried if she hadn’t begun to feel so peaceful and calm the moment they landed. A moment later she knew why when she saw the golden aura of energy surrounding the woman in the doorway of the ship.
    “What are you?” Two asked.
    Lara chuckled and came inside the ship, sitting down beside Alpha Two.
    “I’m Lara. I am what’s called a prime. We’re kind of old, and we don’t come from here either. But we’re considered the ‘good guys’ so you don’t have anything to worry about. We just want to help you get your sisters,” Lara said gently.
    “Why?” Two asked, curious and still suspicious about why these people would want to help them.
    Lara smiled and stood.
    “Because you’re Mikal’s people, and we love him. Finding you and the others will make him happy, so that is what we’ll do. And to be completely honest with you, we think one of our people, their uncle,” Lara said gesturing outside the ship. “is being held in a lab like the one you were in. We’re hoping that by freeing your sisters, it will help us find him.”
    Alpha Two nodded, appreciating the honesty and compassion she could feel in Lara’s energy.
    “You will let us be free? You won’t try to use us?” Two asked.
    Lara and Mikal both shook their heads and Mikal held her hand gently in his own.
    “No, we won’t. When you see what we do, the people we help, if you decide to stay and help, you can. If you choose to leave, you can. You may not have been free born, but you’re free now, and we want you to stay that way,” Mikal said, hoping she could feel the truth in his words.
    Alpha Two knew that in order to get her sisters, she didn’t have a choice but to believe them. Even though she could feel their honesty, she was so overloaded mentally and emotionally she wasn’t sure if she could trust her own energy.
    Two nodded and stood.
    “OK, let’s get started,” she said.
    Lara chuckled and help up her hand to stop Two and Mikal from leaving the ship.
    “Not so fast! We have one