Alien Protector: Sci-Fi Alien Invasion Paranormal Romance by Ashley West Read Free Book Online

knew that for a fact. She was intelligent and had the same passion for history that he did, even if it was the history of a completely different world. He could already picture them held up in the tower room looking at the treasures that Draco would bring them to discuss and coo over.
    And then he blinked, wondering where that thought had come from. It wasn’t like him to think about things like that.
    Not that he was immune to the charms of a pretty female. No, as Plintos’ right hand for the most part, he’d had his fair share of dalliances. More than, really. Of course, none of them had been human, and he hadn’t been planning to steal something right from under their noses either, so he supposed the comparison didn’t really work all the way, but still.
    For a moment there, he’d had such a clear image of himself taking things for her to study and being the recipient of that bright smile of hers.
    Creators. Where had that even come from?
    Draco listened to the rest of her spiel and then thanked her, telling her that he would see her again soon but he had somewhere he needed to be. He could feel her eyes on him as he made his way to the door and he drew in a deep breath as he stepped outside, instantly regretting it when he coughed from how smoggy the air was.
    And there was another thing about humans. They had no notion of how to take care of their planet. Honestly, the sooner he was away from this planet, the better.
     
    Of course as soon as he made it back to the house, he stripped out of his jeans and put on the looser pants he preferred, checking his comm device to see that he had missed three messages from Plintos.
    Draco rolled his eyes at that. How did he expect him to stay in constant contact and get the job done at the same time.
    Sitting down in one of the squashy (and rather comfortable) chairs, he called his friend back.
    “Well?” Plintos asked, his eager face filling the screen of the device. “Did you see it?”
    “Hello to you to,” Draco replied with a sigh. “Yes, I made it here safely. So nice of you to ask.”
    Plintos sighed right back, the sound crackly with static because of the distance. “Alright, alright, I take your point. Hello, I am glad you got there safely. Now, did you see it?”
    “No,” Draco said. “I didn’t. It’s there, though, but according to Stephanie they won’t be putting it on display yet.”
    “Who is Stephanie?”
    “The human girl who works at the museum,” Draco explained. “She said they want to know more about it before they put it out, but from how she described the blade, I think it’s definitely the Artifact.”
    “Hmm,” Plintos mused. “That might actually work in your favor. They’ll miss it when it’s gone, obviously, but they won’t have to worry about replacing it if it wasn’t on display.”
    “Somehow I don’t think it’s going to be that easy,” Draco said. He thought about telling Plintos about how the girl had been able to feel the power in the blade, but ultimately decided against it. It would honestly probably only agitate his friend, and that was the last thing he wanted to do just then. Instead he promised that he was going to make more progress soon and signed off, slumping back in the chair to think.
     
     

Chapter 4: Taking a Chance
     
    Weekends were the only days Stephanie had off from the museum, and usually she took the opportunity to sleep in and do practical things like laundry and run errands. Sometimes she had lunch with her mother, sometimes she had dinner with Paul, but it was always her time.
    On this particular Saturday, she woke up with another plan, getting out of bed and hurrying through her morning routine before dressing comfortably and heading for the museum.
    What drove her was the fact that her boss often chose weekends for his own days off, and there was a large chance that Simone or Nate or both would be there and would let her see the sword again without her having to deal with Clive Dearborn