Free Razor's Traitorous Heart: The Alliance Book 2 by S. E. Smith Page A

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behind when she was nervous or frightened. She was Destin’s
protector, head of his security. She would do whatever she had to
do to protect him and their people. She had to warn Destin who was
coming.
    “When do you plan on sending in the ships to
destroy the city?” She asked in a voice that held a slight tremble
in it.
    “Now that I have you, I will give a twelve
hour notification to lay down arms. Your brother and Allen will
turn themselves in to the human leader of the area,” he stated,
watching her reaction.
    “And… and if they… don’t?” She asked in a
husky voice.
    “Then they and every other human who resists
will die,” he replied softly.
    “No!” She gasped.
    She swayed as the faces of William, Mabel,
Mary Clark, little Beth and the thousands of other residents in the
northern half of the city that depended on them flashed through her
mind. She stumbled over a small pile of rubble as she took another
step backwards. She had to warn Destin. He had said something… now
that he had her… her troubled eyes cleared. If he didn’t have her,
maybe he wouldn’t attack. She shook her head in denial. He would
never have her. She would stand by her brother’s side and fight,
even if it meant giving her life for those she had sworn to
protect.
    “I will not allow you to put yourself in
danger any longer, Kali. The fighting has gone on long enough. It
is time for your world to begin the process of healing. Groups like
your brother and Allen must be dealt with. I was brought in by the
Alliance and given the authority to do whatever was necessary to
end the conflicts so that your world could once again grow and
prosper. Enough of my people have been wounded or killed over the
past six years. I will not allow that to continue.”
    The other alien had warned them that a
Trivator warrior named Razor would come and destroy everyone,
everything, if they did not lay down their arms. He said he could
prevent it if Colbert was given control of the city. The strange
light blue alien had made a deal with Colbert, weapons for women,
an offer he had made to Destin first. According to many of the
refugees who fled the area over the past two years, females
fourteen to forty were being rounded up and taken away.
    She remembered the sick feeling in her
stomach when the male first approached Destin. He had demanded a
private meeting with her brother. Her skin had crawled when he had
run his gaze up and down her with a licentious appraisal. Destin
had agreed, knowing that she would not be far from his side. She
had hidden inside a small closet in his makeshift office and
listened to the offer the horrid male had proposed. Destin not only
turned the male down, he had Jason and Tim escort the male from the
north side of the city with the promise that he would kill anyone,
human or alien, that tried to harm one female under his
protection.
    “Leave,” she choked out as she shook her
head again and pushed the memories away. “Leave our planet then.
Leave us alone. We didn’t ask you to come here. We don’t need you.
Your people have caused enough pain and death to us. Just…
leave!”
    “Your people did ask us to come. The
messages were sent long ago, but your people reached out and we
answered. It is too late to deny the existence of others outside of
your world, Kali. Most of the death and destruction to your planet
was caused by your species. Humans are in danger of dying out as a
species if preventive measures are not immediately taken. Your
people need the Alliance if you are to survive,” he added
cruelly.
    Kali’s hand went to her stomach as it
rolled. She knew all about the talks of global warming before the
Trivators came. She knew that the climate of the world was rapidly
changing. She couldn’t do anything about that, but this… this was
something that she could fight against.
    I have to stop him somehow, she
thought in despair. I can’t let him destroy everything I know
and love!
    She had to warn