Free Taken by Space Pirates: A SciFi Alien Romance (Bound to the Alien Book 2) by Flora Dare Page A

going to try and slip into torpor before anyone realized what I was doing. I assumed that Dr. Blattodea was capable of rousing me, but she would have to know it's what I was doing and she'd have to move quickly. Deep grief bludgeoned my heart, as much as he'd hurt me, I didn't want to leave Sam. And I wanted to see my brother again.
     
    But I had helped Sam get his heart's desire. And I was ready to let go. It was the only thing I could think of to get freedom from Dr. Blattodea's cruel experiments. I took a deep breath in, and as I exhaled, I sank a little deeper into myself.
     
    With each breath, the external world fell away. I could only hear my own heartbeat, feel the air moving in and out of my lungs as my breathing slowed. Eventually, even the light of the room pressing on my eyes started to fade. I was on the edge, the only thing I could still feel was the link with Sam. I touched it with my mind and just sent a soft goodbye to him in my heart and fell into the darkness of my mind.
     
    There was suddenly light everywhere, and someone kept slapping me. I finally realized I was back in the room and it was Sam, holding me up by the fabric of my suit. What had he done? Why was he so angry?

Chapter Fourteen
     
    It took me a heartbeat to realize I'd been pulled out of the torpor I'd sunk myself into. It was just Sam and I in the room. How did he know what to do?
     
    "Why, why did you do that?" He was shaking me so hard I couldn't speak. "I felt you go away." He pulled me into his arms and just held me tight.
     
    I whispered, "I had to. She's going to torture us, use your sister to force you to do whatever she wants. Eventually, it would break you, and even if I hadn't broken by then, that would destroy me, utterly. Please, let me go, let me slip away from here."
     
    His grip on me tightened until I gasped in pain. "I can't."
     
    All I could do is weep. "Please, Sam."
     
    "I can save you both."
     
    "How? How can you possibly do that?"
     
    "I can't tell you. But I promise you, even before I took you, I had a plan. It's all connected."
     
    A voice interrupted us. "Well, that's lovely. I would have been most put out if you'd let her slip away so effortlessly."
     
    Sam glared at her, his grip still so tight on my arms that it was hard not to wince. "When do I see my sister?"
     
    "You doubt me?"
     
    "Why shouldn't I? You're literally an evil scientist."
     
    "Droll. But that is a fair point. I summoned her the second you made your request. We should rendezvous in the next few days."
     
    "I should just believe you?"
     
    "Of course not. However, as a show of good faith, I will have no specific requests to make of you, other than asking you to rejuvenate yourselves. You'll both need your strength in the coming days."
     
    "Dare I ask your plans?"
     
    "There’s no harm in you knowing. I am planning on studying how your bond grows. Then, I will see if that bond is stronger than your love for your sister. Can it be broken by sheer will? I have no idea! I'm rather looking forward to this."
     
    After Dr. Blattodea left, Sam just held me in his arms, stroking my hair. He concentrated, and I felt something warm flooding me. It was our bond! He was using it. Even whispering wasn't safe, we both knew that from the bargains we'd struck.
     
    It was still a tenuous thing. It was wrapped into every part of me, but the full connection was still so fresh. But he'd heard me say goodbye. And now I could hear the faintest impressions of words.
     
    "Sister here. Then action." I nodded. I understood. When his sister was on the ship, then we could move forward, do something, anything. I couldn't imagine how he could possibly have a plan, so I decided simply to trust him. I didn't have any other choice.

Chapter Fifteen
     
    Days slipped into each other. Even knowing we were observed, it was easier to ignore that we were prisoners and just make love to each other between meals. We would lie in the afterglow in silence. Emotions