ALIEN ABDUCTION (Captured by Aliens) by Jaide Fox Read Free Book Online

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moment all of them, men and women alike, were cowering in the sand at the base
of the cliffs, trying to hide behind whatever cover they could find among the
fallen rocks and tufts and weeds--all of them, that is, except Fallon, who went
striding out onto the beach with his silver gun drawn.
     
    There was
a terrible screeching cry from up above.  Ebony made herself look up again, and
this time she got a clearer look at it. 
     
    The Zhala
and its rider circled above them, and its rider looked straight down on them.  The
Zhala itself, as Ebony watched in fascination, did indeed resemble a dragon--a
feathered dragon--like some cross between a bird and a dinosaur.  It had bright
eyes of gleaming blue-black and shining deep blue feathers running along its
slender head and long neck, flowing to two great wings that beat powerfully in
the air and kept it high above them.  Its tail was a similar length to its
neck, and the body was the size of a small elephant but not nearly as wide.  Blunt
talons marked its feet, and its mouth looked more like a beak than a lizard’s
snout.  Ebony could see neither teeth nor horns. 
     
    The rider drew his weapon--some kind of long rifle--but Fallon
shot first.  The flaring burst from his silver gun tore through the Zhala’s
left wing with a burst of feathers and a spray of something that might have
been dark blue-purple blood.  The rider shot back, but Fallon was already
behind cover near the cliffs.
     
    The Zhala screeched and screeched, struggling to use its left
wing, and Ebony almost felt sorry for the hapless beast.  Finally the rider
allowed it to turn away from the beach and fly back towards the land, and then
they were gone.
     
    Ebony let out a sigh of relief, but Fallon quickly ran over to
them.  “Get up.  All of you.  Get moving.  They will be back soon enough,” he
said, and soon all of the crying women and grim-faced guards were moving north
along the beach once more.
     

 
     
     
     
    CHAPTER FIVE
     
     
    Ebony and
the other concubines walked with Fallon and his men along the beach, picking
their way through rocky dunes as they headed north along the coast. 
     
    “This
way,” Fallon said, motioning to a sandy, rocky path leading away from the ocean
and up a steeply sloping hillside.  It was barely visible in the clumps of tall
salt grass.
     
    Arching
her neck, following the crooked line with her eyes, Ebony couldn’t discern
where it led--but no matter where it went, she could see right away that it was
going to be a problem.
     
    “Oh, look
how steep it is!” said Cassie.
     
    “They can’t
expect us to climb that ourselves!” cried Rebecca, with the dark red hair.
     
    “Oh, they wouldn’t ,” moaned Michelle, another pale redhead.
     
    “Well,
we’re all soft from being confined to the harem for months,” said Ebony.  “I
used to have muscles.  I was strong.  And now I’m completely out of shape.  I’m
already tired from just walking this little way, and I can see that the other
girls aren’t doing any better.”
     
    “But
you’re strong, Ebony!” Rebecca said, brushing her dark red hair out of her eyes. 
“You’re the strongest woman I’ve ever seen.  If you would just—”
     
    Ebony
laughed a little.  “If I would just stop being such a troublemaker?”
     
    Rebecca
blushed, and her breathing became faster as she walked through the heavy sand. 
“Even Fallon knows to watch you more closely now.”
     
    “Well,
you’re right about that.  But it’s too late to worry about it now.  And I’ve
always been a troublemaker.  It’s a trait I’ve always had, even back on Earth.”
     
    “On Earth...”
Rebecca’s voice trailed off wistfully.  “What were you like on Earth?  Before—before--”
     
    “Before
being abducted by aliens and carried off to another planet because they need
women?  Too bad nobody would believe that even if we could tell them.” Ebony
took a deep breath and tried to watch where