Page 34 of Her Alien Captain

EPILOG

As it turned out, the battle was over in less than two days. The Alliance drove the Drayids from the Sol System, and the diplomats were left to sort it out. When he got that news, Zeke reset course for Narova.

After dropping off their passengers on Narova, they did an almost immediate turn around back to Mars City to leave their freight and go on to Earth. So Jenna could see that it was still there despite the devastation caused by the Drayids. It was hard to believe that it had only been eight months since the rescue mission to Se’Nar. It was hard for Zeke to remember what his like was like without Jenna.

She was extremely relieved when they landed in West Virginia where the forest-covered hills and mountains remained unchanged. Zeke understood her kinship with this place. He had felt that when he was stationed there in his days as an enforcer. He wondered if some small part of him had sensed that his soul mate was near.

They rented a car and drove to her home in the mountains about an hour away. The doublewide trailer house looked old and shabby. But it had been left as she had left it they day she was abducted after work. She hadn’t seen her old car on the road, so they must have towed it to the scrap yard. She had planned to sell the place and move to the city. Now it didn’t matter anymore. Her life was with Zeke now.

Despite its dated shabbiness, the inside of her home was neatly organized with a thin layer of dust over everything. As she looked around, she realized there was very little there she wanted to keep---some pictures, a necklace that grandma gave her and a few of her clothes.

“Do you want to stay the night and put things in order in the morning?” Zeke asked.

Jenna set down the things she was sorting through and slid her arms around his waist and turned up her face for his kiss. “I wasn’t going to, but I know you’re tired, and I’m tired---and I want you,” she murmured, kissing his throat. “I never thought I would feel kind of glad that I was kidnapped by alien slavers, but I am because it brought you to me. My life is so much better with you in it.”

Already she could feel the heat of passion rising between them as they both began breathing a little faster. “I never thought I could love someone this much…” Suddenly her throat felt tight, and she couldn’t go on. But she didn’t have to.

Zeke kissed her long and slow, the way that always made her whole body crave his touch.

When his lips finally parted from hers, he whispered, “That, my love, is because we aremeomee.I am yours, and you are mine. Always.

THE END