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Daryus came to my mind again.
I had finally found somebody I truly liked, somebody I had had the most amazing sex with, and here I was, terrified for my life, being held captive inside a dark hole.
Why had I escaped the Cryons if I was doomed to be killed by an alien anyway? I didn’t even know what species Gitgo belonged to and that seemed even more unfair to me. Shouldn’t a person know who killed her?
I leaned my head against the cool metal bar, took a few steadying breaths, and speculated on how long Gitgo would make me stay down here, or if he had decided that I wasn’t worth the trouble after all. Maybe his bosses didn’t even know about this little hidey-hole and he would claim I ran away.
Was it my imagination or was the air in here becoming staler?
Panic flooded me and I breathed more frantically until I was hyperventilating, sure I would suffocate any second now. My grip on the rung loosened ever so slightly but the thought of falling back down on the ground sobered me enough to get a hold of myself once again.
I forced myself to breathe steadier, just when I heard voices from above again.
“Search this entire house, tear it down brick by brick if you must,” a voice bellowed.
“Vra, Commander Noctus,” somebody else answered, followed by rumbling and the sound of breaking furniture.
I blinked, stiffened, readied myself to be zapped again.
“What is this?” a voice I knew well called out. Daryus!
Did I dare scream? Did I have a choice?
“Some kind of remote,” the first guy answered. “What is this?” he demanded, presumably from Gitgo.
Gitgo!
He didn’t have the remote any longer! I clambered up the rungs and screamed, banged one fist against the metal so hard, warm blood ran down my arm, but I didn’t stop. “Here, here! I am here!”
“Heather!” Daryus yelled. “Where are you?”
“Down here, down here,” I cried, tears running down my face as I continued to bang against the metal.
“Under the table. Move it!” Daryus kicked something.
“Open it up!” another voice yelled, most likely at Gitgo.
“There is nothing there,” Gitgo protested furtively.
“Now!” Daryus thundered, followed by the sound of something or somebody being slammed into a wall. I hoped it was Gitgo.
Under loud protesting, the metal began to open once again. I pushed my arms through even before it had retracted all the way, felt hands grasp my wrist and pull me up.
The light that welcomed me hurt my eyes and I shut them. But even without seeing, I knew the body I was crushed against, knew the arms enveloping me, the lips kissing my face, just like the voice calling out my name.
“Heather!”
Tears ran down my face. I couldn’t believe he had found me. I feared that I had fallen and hit my head and that this was only a dream. But when he picked me up and my collar hit against his chest, I realized this was really happening.
“Let’s get you out of here,” Daryus said, his hand brushing my hair up and down as if he too had to reassure himself that he was truly holding me in his arms.
“Wait,” I called out. “I can’t leave.”
He stopped and looked questioningly down at me. I pointed at my collar. “It’ll zap me if we leave.”
His features hardened and his heart beat faster and harder against his chest as anger tore through him. I put my palm on his pecs and his expression softened.
“Commander Noctus,” he pressed out, and a grim-faced, older male appeared—by far the tallest, widest Pandraxian I had ever seen.
