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

why I couldn’t shake the thought, but I couldn’t—I had to put her to the test.
    Julia looked down to the spear and back to me. I could see in her eyes that she didn’t exactly want to do it, I’m assuming because humans had a strange misplaced love for animals. The Navani appreciated animals for all they provided for us, and we never overhunted. However, from the rumors I had heard about the humans, they thought about the animal’s feelings and couldn’t stomach to kill their meals for themselves. To me, that was almost incomprehensible and weak.
    Her eyes finally found my face again after some long moments of staring at the spear. She gave a brisk nod before turning around and headed in the direction of the boar. As I watched, I realized how badly this could end. Boars were aggressive and massive; so whether she realized it or not, it was a fight to the death. Julia headed bravely towards the boar, I could see her even from that distance as she tried to turn on the staff. It took her just a few seconds, and the head of the spear came out with blue lasers suspending it. At first, I couldn’t see the boar from where I stood, but I didn’t want to get in the way by drawing nearer. I watched as Julia took a deep breath and then charged in front and out of my line of sight. Part of me was a bit cynical, thinking she was too small and slow to even stand a chance against the boar.
    There was a loud squeal from the boar, and then I witnessed as the boar ran to where Julia had come from. My eyes widened at the sight of it. It was the largest boar I had ever seen, bigger than any kawrun or boar. Julia ran towards it though, spear in hand. The boar turned around and grunted before launching itself back in her direction, lowering its head a bit to point its tusks in her direction. Julia tried her best to find a good angle to take it on at, but she stumbled a bit, and the boar bucked her into the air. The woman landed on her back with a groan. Before she had the chance to stand, the boar was running back in her direction again. I knew exactly what it was about to do. The boars two main source of attack power came from its tusks and its massive weight. It was going to try and trample her. My eyes were wide as I watched. Surely she would move, she had plenty of time. But, it appeared that she had landed awkwardly on her back, struggling to move at all. Was she going to actually die by the force of this boar?
    The boar charged at her, squealing and grunting as it approached full speed. It felt like it was happening in slow motion as the boar began to run over her, its hooves making contact with one of her thighs as he began to trample her. Julia was a goner. The boar began to lift its leg to step onto her stomach, when in a sudden blur, Julia plunged the spear into the neck of the boar—the spear head coming out of the back of its neck. The boar immediately fell to the side, snorting loudly as it bled out. Julia stayed on the ground, wincing at the pain from her back and thigh. Slowly she stood though, limping slightly from the damage done to her leg. She reached down and pulled the spear back through its neck and then turned to look at me.
    It might have been strange, but I found her strength and resilience extremely attractive. Never had I seen a human complete such a feat. Hell, some Navani couldn’t even take down the boar she just had. And while my brain had burned with curiosity to see whether or not the puny human could prove her strength to be comparable to ours, now that I knew I didn’t know how to feel about it. My mind was heavy with mixed emotions. I tried to put on a blank face though as I moved over to her. “Good job,” I told her softly as I placed a hand on her shoulder. When Julia looked up to me, she had a look of pride on her face, looking accomplished by the task she had completed. I couldn’t help but smile ever so softly at it. I would never admit it, but I was proud of her too; for a moment there,