Love, Against All Odds

III - Chapter 6

A/N : I apologize for the little hiatus, I was swarmed with trending parties on twitter and I wanted to give the girls my full focus. With that being said, HAPPY URANUS DAY EVERYONE!

'Damn it. I need to go, Raine.' Becca had about ten minutes to rush to the Great Tower after closing a sale on two tablets and a smartwatch. 'I'm going to be late.' She shoved the techbit into her pocket and started to reverse out of the stall.

'We'll wait here for you,' Raine promised.

Becca nodded.

'Don't forget your business blocker.' Raine pointed at Andren, who was standing at attention beside the stall. She'd had a sour look about Andren ever since her arrival at the stall.

Becca didn't bother asking Andren who sent her, and before leaving she swore to Raine that she would handle the situation during her meeting with Kal. Having a soldier stationed at the stall was bad for business, and thus bad for Becca's employment.

Andren shot a weak glare at Raine before following behind Becca. She carried a spear, wore her normal dark uniform, and had a laser rifle strapped across her back.

Becca jogged to the Great Tower, hating to be late. By the time she made it to the fifty-second floor, she had one minute remaining. The double office doors were closed and under guard. Like previous times, Becca hurried down the hall between the elevator and the office, but she noticed that farther past the office entrance was the other, mysterious door. For the first time, it was open and light was streaming out of it, but there was no time to peek.

After a guard pushed open the left door, Becca entered Kal's office and expected to find the ruler behind the desk, but the office was empty. Looking to her left, she spotted Kal seated in a wingchair beside the roaring fireplace and a familiar tattooed, bald-headed figure on the sofa.

Kal rose and came around the sofa, greeting Becca. 'Just on time.'

Becca grinned and joked, 'Still working on the early part.' She watched Lennox stand and exchanged a greeting with him.

'Lennox and I were discussing your upcoming mission. He has a few questions for you.'

Becca tried to remain calm, even if she was unprepared for the meeting to include Lennox. 'Right.' She took Kal's offer to sit down in the opposite wingchair, grateful for the warmth from the fire.

Like Kal, Lennox returned to his seat in the center of the sofa. He ran his hand over his neat beard. 'Kal has informed me that you will be taking a unit of soldiers into outer space to capture the human responsible for kidnapping the Omega.'

'Ja.' Becca refrained from looking at Kal, holding all of Lennox's attention.

'How do you plan to kidnap him?' Lennox was calm and his voice rather soft, making it easy to forget he was an Alpha.