Breaking Bonds: An Alien Romance Adventure

Chapter Seven

CHAPTER SEVEN

Teak threw another slimy mutant body over his shoulder and walked it to the loading dock to toss it on top of the others. Maeve and Keeli worked together and tossed the last one in, its body making a disgusting squish as it slid to the bottom of the pile. He'd made Maeve wear protective gloves when touching the bodies and was happy she didn't argue with him about it. He was already on thin ice, and he didn't want her to have yet another reason to be pissed off about how much he coddled her.

He knew she was intelligent, but what he didn't know was the fact that she wasn't just some weak slave that had been sheltered her entire life. He'd never met anyone like her before. A slave with an education and battle training, was more rare than any precious gem found on an icy planet floating the outer rim of some distant galaxy. She was mind boggling and he craved to know every single thing he could about her, if she would only let him get close.

He knew he was being stupid, they'd met hours ago, but in that time they'd gone through a hell of a storm together.

"Why are these things so gross?" Keeli asked, drawing Teak out of his daydream.

Maeve looked at him for an answer, but in the process, she'd found him staring at her and lifted an eyebrow before shaking her head, "I don't know, Keeli," she answered, "They've been in space for generations."

"It isn't just that," Teak added, "The ships they live in are from Earth. Human's never really figured out how dangerous long term effects of space can actually be. Their ship hulls don't filter out radiation like other alien crafts do, and before they ever got really proficient at space travel, Earth was destroyed and those who were fortunate enough to be off planet when things went to shit were never able to go back."

Keeli covered her mouth with her hands in shock, then pulled Maeve into a tight hug, "Oh, my goodness, Maevelin! I am so sorry your planet is gone!"

Maeve pat the affectionate woman once on the back and rolled her eyes, "It happened more than five hundred years ago, Keeli. I never lived there."

"Oh," the woman let her go and Maeve took in a deep breath, "Well, I'm still very sorry."

"It's okay. I grew up in a good home and I'm not one of these creatures. I wish they weren't even called human's anymore. I'm not the same as them and I don't think my other human friends would like the comparison either. But that won't change, so I'll just call them mutants."

Roth came over the coms and broke them from their uncomfortable conversation, "Float the bodies and meet at the bridge. I just received a message from Zeke."

Maeve got noticeably nervous and Teak wished he could hold her close to him and tell her it would be okay, but that would just push her further away from him, so he kept his distance.

"Move back," Teak walked over to the panel on the wall and made sure the women were clear of the doors before he closed them. They swished closed and he hit the big red button that opened the air lock, sending the bodies out into the black abyss, "Let's go."

The three of them walked onto the bridge. Roth stood bent over a video screen, talking to someone Teak didn't recognize, but looked obviously Tallek, "Yes, sir. They're here now I'll have her call you as soon as she's able."

He didn't know why that sent a knot to his stomach, but for some reason, he felt completely responsible for the look on Maeve's face. He didn't want her getting in trouble for buying him, but he knew it wasn't going to be an easy conversation when they got home.