Page 32 of Silvyr: Glitched for Her

A proximity alarm went off, stealing the attention of everyone in the exhibition building.A loud announcement played over the building’s comms."Beings of the The Intergalactic Matching Exhibition.You are hereby detained by Captain Lisse of The Adrestria, on authority of the Intergalactic Council.Be prepared to be boarded, inspected, and interrogated."

I glanced to Tanya, reassuring her that we didn't do anything wrong and would be able to justify our actions.

A moment later, a group of people appeared in the middle of the room.A tall muscular man with long hair and viking braids walked toward me, a much shorter woman with short black hair walked at his side.More humans moved to the other groups in the room.

"I'm Freya, this is Bash.Are you Silvyr?"

How did they know my name?I glanced to Tanya before I responded."Yes."

The man, Bash, kept my attention while Freya turned to Tanya."You must be Tanya."

Tanya nodded, but didn't speak.

Bash turned and called out."Vylit, Maya, Kazmyr, and Jenna… Please join us."

They came over, the eight of us standing there.Before I could ask what they wanted, I felt a familiar but somehow different sensation washed over me.A moment later, we seemed to be standing on the bridge of a ship.The Adrestia if I had to assume.

"You must be the under-appreciated heroes."A smug woman announced.I turned toward her."I'm Captain Lisse.We're here to make sure you don't need anything after your encounter with Asset P."

"Uh, no.We're all good.So you can just blip us back to our respective ships and we will be off to live the rest of our lives in peace."Tanya called out, not caring that Captain Lisse had spoken to me instead of her.I loved that about her.Never intimidated.

"Tanya, nice to meet you.We're not here to prosecute you.Only debrief and support you.Then we will send you on your way."

More humans came over, introducing themselves and leading everyone off to various places either for medical exams or private conversations.Tanya joined me by my side and interlaced our fingers as she grabbed my hand."Do you think this will really be the end of the drama?"

I didn't know, but I planned to make Tanya as happy as she could ever dream of.Because she was my mate and she'd saved both of our lives.