Free Beast Planet 2: Captive Salvation by Angela Castle Page B

anyone else there, how did you find it, what did…” the questions flew at me from all directions.
    “Calm down.” I laughed. “You’ll see the city for yourself soon. I didn’t know how to drive the bigger ships, so I brought the air bike. I don’t know about anyone else, but I want to get out of this place.”
    “Go gather your belongings,” Morrdrook ordered everyone present.
    “Only if you want to. Everything you’ll need is right there. The city has been running itself for God knows how long. Morrdrook, put me down.”
    He did so and I headed back over to the bike. Picking up the helmet, I slipped it on.
    “E, is there any way to transport fifty-two people to Morradi City Prime?”
    “Affirmative. E is sending an automated transport to your current location.”
    “And why the heck didn’t you tell me about this automated transport earlier? I wouldn’t have spent all that time learning to fly the air bike.”
    “You did not ask.” Well it made sense. I didn’t think to ask about anything bigger. My main goal was just to get back to Morrdrook and break free from the Druel’s hold.
    “E, you and I are going to have words when I get back.”
    “Affirmative, Anna. The transport will arrive in two hours.”
    Removing the helmet, I glanced back to Morrdrook and saw a jealous scowl on his face.
    “E? Is there someone else in the city?”
    “No, there isn’t. E or Essence is the program invented by a Zakiu scientist to guard and protect the city. Oh Morrdrook, all of you, there is so much you have to catch up on.”
    “Lost through the generations,” Killiu spoke up. “The Druel forbade us to speak of our people and our heritage when we were younger. Many suffered terrible torture at the hands of the Druel when the order was disobeyed. Still, my father would whisper it to me.” Tears gleamed in the older Zakiu’s eyes. He stepped forward, taking my hand. “Thanks to you, I will now see what he spoke of.”
    “It was your guidance which got me there. Thank you, Killiu. Soon the transport will come to take you all home. This is your heritage and it’s time to take back what the Druel took from you.”
    Morrdrook wrapped his arms around me from behind, his warmth and presence comforting.
    “I have missed holding you in my arms.”
    “I’ve missed being held by you.” I turned in his arms to gaze up into his eyes.
    Morrdrook leaned in and kissed me reverently, before pulling back. “We have time. Come sit. I want to know everything that happened.”
     

Chapter Ten
     
    Warm breath on the back of my neck made me smile, along with the hard erection poking into the curve of my ass. My lips tilted up into a grin, even before I opened my eyes.
    The mattress felt soft and the sheets silky. But none of that mattered as long as I had the heat of Morrdrook’s body pressed against mine and his possessive arm draped around my middle. I didn’t care where I slept.
    His fingers gently pushed aside hair from my neck and I felt his warm lips press against the back of my shoulder. I heaved a contented sigh.
    “Where are we?” My whisper echoed in the large room. I opened my eyes and saw a spacious bedroom. From the grand swirling patterned ceilings and rich furnishings, I could only assume we were back in the palace.
    I remembered loading the air bike onto the transport after everyone had boarded. Morrdrook had pulled me into his lap and I’d rested my head against his shoulder. Safe and secure in his arms, exhausted from the events of the day, I’d quickly fallen asleep.
    “Essence led us to this place. The program told me it is here we should be living,” Morrdrook murmured against my skin as his lips moved up along my shoulder.
    His hand slid over my thigh and up over my hip before it dipped down to cup my left breast.
    My lips parted in a breathy moan. Oh how I’d missed his intimate touch.
    “Is everyone okay?”
    “Everyone is fine, my beauty. Words cannot express our gratitude for all you