Dracon: A Scifi Alien Romance (Rebel Lords Book 1) by Kylie Gold Read Free Book Online Page A

flat with eyes narrowed. A hand lifting to gesture for him to step aside, I walked out of the hut and closing the door behind me, to find about fifteen men gathered on the path in front of my hut. They all carried their weapons with them, each wore a look of anger. “Where is she!” One Navani yelled.
    “Yeah and why isn’t she dead!” another called out.
    I looked at them, my face twisting into a grimace. "She is no concern to you. She does not impose a threat to our people," I replied to them, not wanting to lie but also not telling the truth when really I had no idea what I was doing with keeping her in the village.
    “How do you know? She could be a spy!”
    “Yeah, she is one of them! ”
    I could feel my forehead begin to sweat as I tried to find a logical answer to their concerns. Of course, I was at a loss. What was I supposed to tell them? That I found the human attractive? They would have me executed for going mental. But before there was too long of a pause, there was a yell from further away, “Chief Dracon!”
    Within mere seconds, two Navani scouts appeared through the crowd. Both looked frantic. “We spotted a human militia just outside the village. They are carrying large weapons, it looks like an attack party,” one informed me. While I didn’t want a war with the humans, the militia couldn’t have come at a better time.
    “Go gather the others!” I demanded the men in front of my hut.
    Some began to disperse, though others hesitated. I turned to speak to Shan when the door creaked open and Amelia’s petite form slid through and stepped to me. “Are you guys going to fight?” she asked in English in a quiet voice; she couldn’t have understood what we were speaking of in Navanian so she must have been watching. “I could help you.”
    The attention was immediate, the Navani men immediately swarming to her and drawing their weapons. I stepped in front of her and held my arms out on each side to block them. “Enough! There is an attack squad just out the village and you are willing to waste time on a human not attacking us?!” he barked at them in our native tongue. They all stopped, but each held a heavy glare. I quickly turned back to Amelia and switched back to English, “How could you help?”
    “I have never been in a militia or anything, but I know how they fight. Their strategies and what they will do to trick you,” she spoke confidently. “I could even talk to you for them if you wanted.” My eyes widened a bit in surprise but didn’t give it a second thought. We could honestly use all the help we could get, and if she could provide information about their tactics that would certainly be helping them out.
    So, I gave a sharp nod, “Alright. You can come along.” Turning back to the men, I held onto her arm and walked through the crowd with her—challenging any who may protest me. They all gave Amelia growls, snarls, and dark looks but didn’t move to touch her. I was the strongest Navani warrior, and it was idiotic for a single Navani, or really even a small group, to come after me. So they all stayed silent as I led them all towards the jungle to meet the scouts.

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Amelia
    I had absolutely no idea what I was doing and why I even said anything in the first place. My knowledge on military fighting styles was by no means comprehensive at all, but more rudimentary. I suppose I just… I felt like I needed to help in any way I could. The guilt left behind from being a part of an attack on the Navani was overwhelming. The way the guys just opened fired on these aliens, on these—from the lack of a better word—people. It hadn’t mattered to the locals if it was a child or a man or woman. Hell, I didn’t even think they viewed them as humanoid creatures from the way they spoke of them and then could be so cruel as to just attack these people and for what reason? I needed to right my wrong, and I wanted to prove to Dracon and the Navanis that I could help and meant them no