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Ihad attended every meeting with the other women eager to return to Earth, but this time I felt no urge tocontribute. My mind was elsewhere, detached from the present moment.
Huddled around a circular table of the throne room inside the opulent palace, Bridget, Lucy, Abby, Naomi, Chloe, and Trish who shared my ordeal in the Gorken mines were busy brainstorming plausible reasons why we had all gone missing to suddenly reappear once we were returned to Earth. Their voices melded into a distant hum, inconsequential and faint against the thunderous echo of Gunnox’s essence pressing behind my sternum.
"Does that sound like a good plan?” Bridget asked, shifting in her seat. “Earth to Sarah.”
I blinked, my gaze snapping to meet hers for a fleeting moment before sweeping around the table at the other sets of curious gazes. "Sorry… what was the question?"
They had been chatting away about going home, of returning to the familiar, while I was consumed with thoughts of Gunnox. Mainly of how his silvery scales hugged his taut muscles, and how his bioluminescent markings had glimmered in the moonlit night as we had ventured out into the jungle for our nocturnal safari.
I could almost feel the warmth of his lips on mine, a tender and reverent touch that lingered in my memory. His hands, strong yet infinitely gentle, had cradled me with a protective embrace, each touch had conveyed a depth of care and devotion that resonated within my soul.
But then things had escalated quickly. My legs spread, he had devoured my pussy with firm lips and tongue like a starving male. His touch had set my skin ablaze with a fiery ecstasy, every sensation heightened to an electrifying intensity. I craved to feel that way again.
“Naomi was just saying we should keep our story as simple as possible,” Bridget explained, excitement lacing her voice as she leaned forward on the table. “That way it will be easier to keep our stories straight. We are going to say that…”
My thoughts scattered like dandelion seeds in a stiff breeze as Bridget's voice evaporated into the background, lost in my longing for Gunnox. The image of his blue blood dripping from the wounds he had endured from the Gorken’s whip haunted me. I worried about what wounds he might have sustained in the battle against the Nuttaki.
The memory of our last moment together played on repeat in my mind, a reel of unspoken words I’d held back. I’d run after him when he left me standing in the palace foyer with words I had wanted to say to him but I had been too late, he had already boarded the bubble craft. I had stood on the training field, my eyes cast to the dawning sky searching for a hint of the invisible craft before the dome closed.
Did he feel the tug of my absence as keenly as I felt his presence etched into my very soul? The bond between us had grown stronger since our shared kiss. Sex was the catalyst to form matching shawras where a piece of our spirits would emerge and coalesce, at least that’s what the mated girls had explained. I wondered if a kiss could have a similar effect since we were drawn to each other in a way I couldn't even begin to grasp.
Among the chatter of women yearning for Earth, I found myself adrift in a sea of uncertainty, anchored only by the thought of him. Each heartbeat echoed his name, each breath whispered his touch. The ache to know if he was safe gnawed at me.
As Britney's words dissolved into the ether, my focus sharpened on Gunnox's well-being after the battle at Trisess. I yearned for a glimpse of him, craving reassurance that he was all right and unhurt.
I grappled with the echo of his emotions housed within me. His absence left an indelible mark on my soul, a void only he could fill. With each passing heartbeat, I found myself drawn further into the labyrinthine maze of emotions that bound us together.
"Sarah," Lucy prodded gently, reaching out to touch my arm. Instead of comfort, her fingers felt like anchors attempting to hold me in place when all I wanted was to run all the way to the Trisess Forest and see for myself that Gunnox was okay?—
I knew what I had to do!
With an abruptness that startled even me, I stood up, the movement quick and decisive. The circle of women fell silent, their eyes wide as they watched me.
"I'm sorry, I have to go," I said, though it sounded more like an apology to myself than to them. My pulse hammered, each beat a drumline urging me forward.
"Where are you going?" Trish called after me, but I was already moving, my legs carrying me with a determination fueled by a force stronger than gravity.
The palace corridors blurred past, my breaths coming out in ragged gasps. I burst out of a side door and raced to the hangar. Inside, people stopped working to stare at me as I burst into the cavernous room. Embarrassment was the last thing on my mind as I quickly scanned the crowd of silver faces, searching for the one giant purple Moktian that stood out among them.
"Hi," I puffed out excited and anxious. “I’m Sarah.” I stuck my hand out like an idiot, but Zaku flashed an inquisitive smile and firmly grasped my own. “I don’t think we’ve ever officially met, but I was wondering if you could help me.”
“Sure, Sarah.” Zaku tilted his head at me. “What can I help you with?”
“I was wondering if you could call Trisess on your comm thingy so I could talk to Gunnox.” I wrung my hands as my voice wavered but didn't break, projecting a strength I wasn't entirely sure I possessed. “I just want to know if he’s okay.”
“I can do you one better.” Zaku went back to stuffing a large bag with alien tech. “I’m headed to the Trisess Forest to deliver these cellpods for the luminetric barrier. You could go with me and see him for yourself.”
“Really!” Overwhelmed with gratitude, I barely kept from flinging my arms around the huge Moktain. “I would love it. Thanks so much.”
“I’m almost finished packing up the rest of the supplies if you want to meet me on the training field. The spherical craft is already there.”
After thanking Zaku again, I eagerly marched down the path toward the training field. Every step brought me closer to my ultimate goal— reuniting with Gunnox.
“Hey, Sarah!” Leah called out to me, hurrying to catch up. “Where you off to in such a hurry?”
“Oh hey, Leah,” I said, but didn’t slow my stride. “I’m hitching a ride to Trisess with Zaku.”
“Seriously?” Her eyes grew wide and hopeful. “Can I come? Nullar is still over there helping with the wounded.”
