Akron hyperventilates. “This is all recorded,” he says. “Be careful what you do.”
Lök locks the hammer in place. “I won’t let you hurt her. She is far too pure for your kind.”
Vraik raises his weapon. “Get off her,” he commands.
The sentinel backs off, replacing his mask. “As you wish,” he says. “But her information has been saved. She has been registered for the Empire Lottery’s breeding program.”
Rekker rolls his cape over his shoulder. Reaching into a pocket on his bicep, he takes out a blade. “You didn’t...”
My chest feels like it’s going to cave in. “Lottery?” I ask.
“It won’t be long before my team arrives,” the sentinel says.
Rekker does not wait to hear any more. He throws the blade, piercing the soft flesh of his neck.
The sentinel falls, dying. Blood covers the walls and floor. It’s the most gruesome thing I have ever seen.
When I say that I’m in a nightmare, I mean it. It only gets worse from here on out.
I cower to the other side, falling into Vraik’s body. “Don’t you worry,” he growls. “We will protect you.”
I don’t know what to say. They saved me. They didn’t have to let me live. They could have used me as a bargaining chip, but they didn’t.
They saved my life.
Akron lunges at Rekker. “Do you know what you’ve just done?”
Rekker sniffs and stands confidently like a warrior. A small indent forms on the side of his cheek where he bites.
He yanks the blade from the disgusting alien’s neck and begins cleaning the blood. “I have killed a sentinel in your bar,” he says.
Lök chuckles and throws his arms around Akron. “Looks like you’re a wanted man, Akron,” he says.
Akron’s face distorts. “You bastards. You set me up.”
“Luck of the draw,” Rekker says.
He reopens the hologram and bends, showing him the deed once more. “Now, I’m going to ask you again. Are you going to join us, or not?”
I don’t hate them for what they’ve done.
No, in the strangest way, I admire them for taking me.
Nine
Emma
I’m horrified. I’m panicked. I am… tempted?
I don’t expect to feel this way, but as soon as I exit that room, I’m smiling.
Lök’s arms glide over my shoulders. I lean my head against his biceps and breathe, feeling his heart pump against my back.
That’s not all I feel.
His cock bobs against my backside, just narrowly inching up the garb that covers my bare ass.
I should be disgusted and petrified. Instead, I feel warmth. I close my eyes and give in to his embrace, knowing that I shouldn’t.