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

into the shadowy pine forest, Ebony felt a rising unease and tried to distract
herself out of it.  She glanced back over her shoulder.  “Fallon.  Hey.  Tell
me about these--these Zhala.  What are they?  The one I saw looked like a
dinosaur with feathers.  Are they dangerous? They sure look like they are.”
     
    She
turned forward again to see where she was going, and then quickly looked over
her shoulder once more.  Fallon looked at her with suspicion, but then began to
speak.
     
    “The
Zhala are huge feathery reptiles.  They are giant beasts that spew acid on
their enemies.  They are extremely dangerous.  That’s all anyone needs to know
about them.”
     
    “Acid.”   Oh,
fantastic.  “Well, if it’s up to me, I’ll never see one again.  What do we
do about them?  Can you kill them?”
     
    He merely
stared at her.  “You need not concern yourself about it.  My men and I will
deal with them.”
     
    “Yeah,
well, you know, I like fantasy creatures as well as anyone else, but I don’t
relish the idea of meeting some giant slavering beast that spews acid on its
enemies.  I might get hurt or maimed in the battle, and that isn’t on my
agenda.”
     
    “Just out
of curiosity, what is on your agenda?”
     
    She
paused.  “Home.  I want to get home.”
     
    “The
harem is home to you?”
     
    Ebony
glared at him.  “I despise the harem, but it’s the only home I have now.  My
sister is still at the palace and she is my only family now.  I want to get
back there whole and unharmed.”
     
    “All
creatures want to go home, no matter what home is,” Fallon said, and Ebony was
gratified to hear his voice soften just a bit.  “Go on, now.  I promise you
that you will, again, see your home.”
     
    She gave
him a small smile, and then turned back to walking.  She was making progress.
     
    Ebony’s
attention quickly turned to the thick dark forest surrounding them all.  The
tall pine trees, rather sparse at first, soon grew closer and closer together
until they formed an interlocking pattern of needles in a vibrant green ceiling
above them.  The citrusy smell of sap leaking from their trunks permeated the
air. 
     
    The worst
of it was the endless stacks and layers of pine needles, some dead and brown
and some still green, that littered the forest floor.  The needles held sap
which allowed them to stick to the soles of her feet and to the hems of her
sheer skirts.  She frowned in irritation, wishing she could rub the clinging
needles off of her feet and clothes, but also knew that dwelling on it was a
lost cause.
     
    Trying
once again to distract herself, she redirected her attention to Damon’s
backside.  Watching the play of muscles beneath his skin-tight pants proved to
be quite a good distraction, mesmerizing her as they trudged through the
forest.
     
    But they
walked and walked without stopping even once, and soon the ache in her legs and
the soreness in her bruised and battered feet were Ebony’s only distractions
from walking.  “Hey!” she shouted to Fallon, gasping for breath as she turned
back to look at him again.  “It’s been hours.  You’ve been pushing us all day. 
The sun is going down.  It’s nearly dark in these woods.  We need to rest!”
     
    “You mean
the women need to rest.  My men and I do not,” said Fallon, in a low
voice.
     
    Ebony
stopped and stood still as anger made her forget her exhaustion.  “Look, you’re
the ones who took us away!  You’ve got to take care of us or else--or else—”
     
    “Or else
what?”
     
    Think,
girl!  “Or
else--we won’t be worth much of anything to you, now, will we?  What good are
we if we’re hurt, or sick, or dead?”
     
    Fallon
walked forward and stood right over her.  She had to look up and up to see his
cold blue gaze.  “And if we do not let you stop, Ebony, what will you do?”
     
    She
thought her rage would explode.  She clenched her fists and began to pull them
back--but