Mated to the Alien King: The Complete Series: A BBW SciFi Alien Romance (Captured by the Alien King Book 12) by Lisa Lace Read Free Book Online Page B

beat me to a pulp, and I would let her because I had no spirit left in me.
    I felt like my heart had been ripped out.
    "Mana," Jared said again, enfolding her in a tight hug.
    I buried my face in my hands, crying. After a few minutes, I remembered that he wasn't dead — he was a stranger in a very strange land. And it was our duty as his friends to help him navigate it.
    "Hey you guys," I said, glancing over at Dar where he was sitting and watching everything without any reaction. "He's not dead. He's right here."
    "He might as well be," Mana said as I walked over to where they were standing close together.
    "I know. But let's forget that his mind is missing. And remember that he needs help. He's lost and confused. If we're his friends, then we need to help him deal with it."
    Jared's face got a sad look.
    "He helped me when I needed it," he said.
    Then we walked over to Dar.
    "Hey there, my name's Jared," he said.
    "We're your friends."
    "I'm sorry," Dar said, a baffled look on his face. "But I don't remember you. And I don't know my name to introduce myself."
    "Your name is Dar," I said. "And I'm Kenna."
    "And this is Mana," Jared said. "You've been mind-wiped, that's why you don't remember anything. I don't want to overwhelm you by telling you too much about yourself too quickly."
    "You are an important person on the planet Susohn," Mana said, her eyes devoid of any emotion. "We have been taken captives on a slave ship. I am your Senior Advisor and oldest friend. Jared is your Head of Security. And she..." Mana gave me a dirty look.
    "Mana." Jared murmured, frowning at her. Mana turned away and went to the other side of the room, holding her arms clutched tightly around herself.
    "Excuse me," he said, following her across the room.
    Dar and I watched them go.
    "Do you work for me, too?" he said, looking at me with absolutely no recognition in his eyes.
    "No," I said. "No. I don't work for you."
    "Who are you then?"
    "Just..." I tried not to let the tears fall. "Just someone you used to care for."
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    "We have to convince him to escape with us," Mana said.
    Dar had been stubbornly sitting in a corner, confused and frustrated at not being able to remember who he was. He was also wary of us. He had no recollection of us and questioned if we were who we said we were. I guess we could be anybody to him, and we might be trying to trick him.
    "Don't we need to have a plan to escape first?" I said. "Did I miss a meeting?"
    A guilty look flashed over Jared's face.
    "We were tossing around some ideas when you were sleeping, and we think we've come up with something that might work. I forgot we hadn't told you about it. Sorry, Kenna," Jared said, looking a little bit sheepish.
    "Oh, that's okay," I said, trying not to feel left out. "You can tell me now. But I don't know how we're going to convince him to come with us. He's pretty confused and upset."
    "We'll think of something," Jared said. "If we have to, we'll bop him over the head and drag him with us."
    Mana and I both frowned at him.
    "Okay, okay," he said, holding up his hands. "It was just a joke."
    "Ha, ha," Mana said. "We need to help him trust us and explain why he needs to come."
    "How much are we going to tell him?" I said.
    They both looked at me in sympathy.
    "I don't want to tell him about our relationship," I said, staring down at my boots.
    "Why not?" Jared said, looking confused.
    "Because I just don't want to."
    "She's hoping he's going to remember her spontaneously," Mana said, looking me over.
    How had she guessed?
    "No, I don't... I mean..."
    "Is that even possible?" Jared looked at Mana.
    "No one has ever regained their memories after being mind-wiped," Mana said, staring at me even though she was answering Jared's question.
    "That's what I thought," Jared said, and he looked at me. "Kenna..."
    "I know. It's silly. But I refuse to believe that he's gone. He can't be gone."
    Mana rolled her eyes and turned away. Jared didn't say anything but gave me a