Page 34 of Possessed By the Alien Guard
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
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Jillian
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OH, GOD, JJ!You just had to open your big mouth!It’s too soon!He’ll freak!
But it was true.As with everything else in my life, I’d fallen fast for Fin.
Strong hands turned me, tilted my chin.
I met his eyes, his gorgeous green eyes.
“Jillian Jones, you are my fated mate, made by the Divine Mother to be my perfect match.Yet, even without that, I would love you.You are resilient and caring and stronger than you know.”
“You love me?”
“I love you.”
Joy burst through me, fizzing in my blood.I threw my arms around him, happy tears running down my cheeks.
He kissed them away, then kissed me.
And nothing had ever felt more right.
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We spent over two daysin the cave.The first morning, the roar of loud shuttle engines had echoed through the entire valley.It had a few tense hours before they gave up searching for me and left.Humanity’s craft were boxy and old and inefficient, but at least you could hear them.For the Varool, we had to count on Fin’s knowledge of operational protocol to make an educated guess about when they’d stop searching.
On the third morning, he put on a special uniform he’d had a machine in his outpost make—it looked a lot like his regular one, only it didn’t have a gauntlet control built in.
And instead of black, it matched his skin, stripes and all.
“That’s different,” I said.
He glanced down at his body.“This is actually the other setting for our regular uniforms.We use it whenever it provides better camouflage than black.Without controls, I cannot change the color settings on this uniform, so I thought this made more sense for living on-planet.”
He pulled another piece of clothing out of the bag.“I fabricated one for you as well.Your human jumpsuits are made from inferior fabric, and this pattern is designed to blend in with the most common form of leaf shape found on the planet.”
It was the same tan as his skin, but instead of varoolian stripes, it had a dappled oval pattern in the same dark, orange-brown.As I pulled on the new uniform, I looked around at all of the supplies he’d gathered.A tent, food, water bottles, a medkit.He’d really thought of everything.
Fin bundled everything into the bags he had ready, leaving nothing behind to show we’d ever been here in case either of our peoples decided to do a more careful search.
In the front cave, he rolled the boulder away from the entrance.I hoisted my pack onto my back, certain it was lighter than his, though he’d never admit it.
Billy bolted ahead, happy to be let outside after being cooped up.Fin followed, with me trailing last.I took one last glance back into the cave.What had once been a place of fear had turned into the closest thing I’d ever had to a home.
I stepped out into the bright sunshine of a lovely morning.A cool wind blew over my cheeks, and the sound of the rushing river filled the air.A pair of birds darted overhead, their singing beautiful.
Fin stood bathed in sunlight, looking more handsome than ever in his striped uniform that almost made him appear naked.
I grinned.
“Ready?”He held out a hand.
I placed mine in his, squeezing his fingers.“Ready.”
We walked up the valley, heading out into this lovely world and our beautiful future.
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