Free Fate Unexpected (Earth Defender Book 1) by Marisa Chenery Page A

wanted to cuddle, not the other way around.

Chapter Six
     
    Kylah stomped across the camp, and remembered at the last minute to
take down the field before she hit it. Once she crossed the perimeter, she hit
the button on the wrist control to put it back up to make sure a certain alien
didn’t decide to make a break for it while she was gone.
    She’d had sex with Rune. That was bad enough, sleeping with the
enemy, but it was worse that she’d enjoyed it. Too much. She’d let her emotions
get away with her while she’d told him her story of what had happened when his
kind had come to Earth. And then she’d let her attraction to him get the better
of her. She’d been alone for so long, she’d wanted that connection sex would
give her.
    Now she had to live with it. And she was torn. As Rune had reached
for her, she’d panicked. The tent had become too confining, and the big alien
she’d slept with took up too much of the space. So she’d run.
    Kylah put on a burst of speed and ran until the camp was no longer
in sight. Once she stopped, she took her frustration out on a tree that had a
trunk as thick as her thigh and towered over her. She threw her weight against
it and used her new super strength to push it out of the ground. Next she broke
it up into smaller pieces with her hands. She’d take it back with her for
firewood.
    She sat on a piece of log and put her head in her hands. Kylah had
no idea what to do with Rune. Having sex changed everything. Regardless what
she’d told him about it just being what it was, it hadn’t worked out that way
for her. She’d liked being in his arms too much, liked having him pumping in
and out of her. The alien not only was good looking but had an amazing body as
well. She’d itched to explore every inch of it to learn all those hard muscles.
    If Kylah wasn’t careful, she’d start thinking of Rune as a
boyfriend, which would be stupid. She didn’t even know if she could completely
trust him. There was a chance he’d try to escape again or he’d somehow manage
to take her to his alien employers as a prisoner like the rest of the humans he’d
encountered.
    God, Rune hadn’t even known what a kiss was. He’d caught on really
fast, though. And his cock, it was… She stopped herself there. She couldn’t
think about those things. They would only take her down a road she didn’t want
to travel.
    Kylah lifted her wrist and looked at the control. It had alien
characters on it that she, of course, couldn’t read. It was a reminder that
Rune wasn’t from her world let alone her planet. She needed to remember that. She’d
gotten so used to his cat eyes she hardly thought anything of them now.
    She took a deep breath, then stood. Kylah gathered up an armful of
wood. She’d have to make a few trips to bring it all to camp. The first one,
she dropped the load in front of the perimeter field. Even at night she was
able to see the energy waves with her keen eyesight. She also saw Rune had
dressed and stood near the fire. He looked at her, but didn’t say anything.
    Kylah headed back for another load. She was going to have to face Rune
again. She couldn’t hide in the woods all night. She’d have to put on her big
girl pants and act like an adult.
    After the second trip, she made one more before she dropped the
perimeter field and began the task of bring all the wood over to the fire pit.
Rune came to help her. The last of it was stacked, and the field back up, when
he captured Kylah in his arms and pulled her toward him.
    “Are you going to keep ignoring me?” he asked. “Did I do something
wrong?”
    Kylah looked at him. “No, you didn’t.”
    “Then what is it? Whatever it is, I’ll try to fix it.”
    “Can you give me back my parents and then send the alien ships
away?”
    He slowly dropped his arms. “I guess you’re regretting what we did
earlier.”
    “Yes. No.” She sighed. “I don’t know. I’m conflicted. I’m not sure
if I can trust you, and I