Breaking Bonds: An Alien Romance Adventure

Chapter Three

CHAPTER THREE

Teak allowed the tiny human to drag him through the tent. He knew their destination was coming when he saw Maevelin's animal companion holding back a couple alien males getting too close to the female. He was brutal looking with his mouth full up razor sharp teeth, thick block head, robust body that looked like he could barrel through a few dozen species with little effort, and Teak was impressed. More impressed even that that seemingly tame female that was now dragging him through the crowds had somehow tamed the thing into being her guardian.

She's a hellion deep down in her soul, and a bit of fire in her belly, he thought to himself. He'd liked her from the moment his eyes had caught her looking at him. Not just behind those bars, but before that when he'd come off that slaver starship. He'd caught a glimpse of her when she wasn't watching, and she'd been in awe of him in his disgraced state.

But she'd bought him for someone, for some reason. He wasn't good to anyone anymore and he'd been more than happy to take the quick death of the mines over feeling alone in the universe. Survivor's guilt they called it. Fuck survivor's guilt.

Maevelin's hand tensed in his and when her eyes caught the loitering males. Instinctively he knew she was uneasy, and his body reacted for reason's he didn't understand. He hadn't given a single shit about anything since the betrayal of the ones he'd called his friends and crew members, not even himself, but he instantly reacted to her change in demeanor. Needed to act on it.

Teak pulled Maevelin back behind him in a swift turn and pushed past the alien's crowding the female and Säiph in a quick show of dominance. He was good at dominance, always had been. They frantically turned tail and ran away. Maevelin moved in front of him and wrapped herself around the animal in an embrace, softly cooing something in his tiny ear, before grabbing the other slave's hand.

She looked to both of them and whispered, "Teakin this is Keeli. Keeli this is Teakin. We need to leave now." She spun on her heel, but looked back towards him, "Thank you, by the way."

He was just about to respond when the curtain swooped open at the force of the Sca-riin's arm. The three of them were now face to face with the ones who wanted them dead. Teak felt Maevelin tense in his hand again, and Säiph went crazy, his teeth instantly mangling anything he could sink his teeth in. He was going to get them all killed if he kept it up and Maeve had tried to pull the animal back, but it did nothing. The long-toothed beast was on the smaller Sca-riin in the blink of an eye. He tore at the long arm as the demon tried to pry him off.

It was just enough of a distraction for Teakin to think quickly. He looked around and noticed a sizeable blade on a Siipi guard standing too close for comfort and not doing a damn thing to help. Teak grabbed it and leapt for the largest Sca-riin. This was personal now, he wasn't locked in a cage and defenseless, and Teak gripped the hair on his enemy's arm and flung himself around to its back. He wrapped his arm around the alien's neck and with the other, sliced into the thinner skin under his chin.

The alien hadn't had time to think before he was bleeding out and Teakin rode him down to the ground. Säiph had held the other off long enough for Teak to climb off the big son of a bitch and do the same maneuver with the second one. Both aliens were dead in moments and Teakin steadied his breath. He was winded, but it felt damn good to use a blade again.

Teak flipped the blade around in his hand then dropped it to the ground, sticking the sharp bloody end in the red sand. The tent was silent, and Teakin looked up, catching the shocked stare on Maevelin's face. He scanned the room and noticed the same look on every other alien's face, "We should probably go, right?" He asked.