Free Alien Warrior's Baby (Scifi Alien Romance) (Zoran Warriors Book 2) by Luna Hunter Page A

shifts between the two of us, but even a man as thick as he must realize his situation is hopeless. No one’s getting away from General Tyr and General Drax.
    Drax puts him in chains, and we drag him into the research station, away from the blistering cold.
    “Remind me how many times I’ve saved your ass now?” Drax asks me, a cocky smile on his face. “Is it three or four?”
    “I could have done this without you,” I growl.
    Drax smirks. “Yeah, you were doing real hot before I dropped in. Letting your enemy poison you, now that’s a bold strategy!”
    I hug my azure-colored friend. Our banter is all good-natured. “It’s good to see you, man.”
    “Good to see you, too, Tyr. Really.”
    “Don’t tell me you were worried about me?” I say teasingly.
    “You dropped off the grid completely,” Drax says. “You could have been dead.”
    I shrug. “Just come minor altercations, nothing I couldn’t handle.”
    He looks at the dented state of my armor. “Doesn’t look so minor to me.”
    “Tyr, he’s getting away!”
    Kaitlyn’s screams pulls my attention away. Bennet Davenport rushes past, pushing Kaitlyn to the side. I swing for him, but he dodges my blow. I chase him down the many narrow, winding halls of the station. There’s nowhere for him to run, so I know exactly where’s he headed.
    His hostages.
    “Let her go!” Kaitlyn screams behind me. Bennet has the silver barrel of his gun pressed against Emma’s temple, while Karen and Mark cower in the corner of the cell.
    “Not another step,” Bennet says. “I’m getting out of here.”
    “You’re not going anywhere,” I say. “Give up, Bennet. You lost.”
    “Never,” he spits.
    “Take me instead.”
    I turn my head towards Mark. He stands up, his lips pulled into a thin line, his eyes narrowed.
    “Take me, Bennet.”
    Bennet aims his gun at Mark instead. “Not another step,” he warns, but Mark takes a step forward, and then another.
    “Do it,” Mark says. “Do it, Bennet! Shoot me, you coward! Or haven’t you got the stones? Gorgi isn’t here to do your dirty work anymore.”
    “I mean it!” Bennet shouts, his voice breaking, his eyes red. “Stop right there! I’ve killed before!”
    “Then do it again.”
    Kaitlyn wants to intervene, but I stop her by placing my hand on her waist. There’s more going on here than meets the eye.
    Mark takes another step forward. The barrel of Bennet’s gun is now touching his chest. All Bennet has to do now is squeeze the trigger to end the man’s life… but something holds him back.
    “Just as I thought,” Mark says, his eyes filled with tears. “Father was right about you. You’re a coward. Always have been.”
    With a lightning-quick punch, Mark knocks Bennet out cold. He falls over backwards, hitting the ground with a smack.
    Emma rushes forwards into Kaitlyn’s arms, who hugs her tightly, the both of them crying. Karen quickly joins the duo, and I have to admit, the sight moves me as well.
    “I’m so sorry,” Kaitlyn says through her sobs. “I’m so sorry! He can’t hurt you now.”
    “It’s okay,” Emma says, her head resting on her cousin’s shoulder. “It’s okay. I’m fine. They didn’t hurt us.”
    Mark rubs his knuckles as he looks at the unconscious Bennet, his face as cold as ice.
    “Thank you,” I say, placing my hand on his shoulder. “You’ve a brave man.”
    “My pleasure,” Mark says. “I should have done that years ago.”
    “What do you mean?”
    Mark runs a hand through his dark hair, a tortured look on his face. “Isn’t it obvious?”
    “Oh my god,” Kaitlyn gasps. “You’re Caspian Davenport!”
    A wry grin adorns Mark’s face “Guilty as charged.”
    I raise my eyebrows in surprise, and Kaitlyn explains. “Caspian is Bennet’s younger brother. He disappeared from the limelight half a decade ago, stating he wanted to live a normal life… and you’ve been my shuttle pilot this whole time!”
    Mark laughs, a bit of color