Kyris: A Sci-fi Alien Abduction Romance (Captured by Aliens Book 4) A.G. Wilde (readict txt) 📖

As she sung the last few notes, a sound by the doorway had her lifting her head to see who’d entered.

The big frame that filled the doorway paused.

“Kyro?” He wasn’t the person she’d expected to see standing there.

“May I enter?” Kyro asked.

“Sure.”

As he entered and took a seat on the other side of Kyris, Song realized his gaze was still on her and not on his brother. He seemed to be studying her and she wasn’t sure why.

“Is something wrong?”

“No.”

Ok. Well, this was awkward.

When he didn’t continue, she almost felt her cheeks redden. Was something on her face?

“Though he is an idiot, you care for my brother,” Kyro finally said.

Song opened her mouth to reply but instead her mouth fell closed.

“I do.”

“He will awaken tomorrow, if not sooner.” Despite that Kyro struck her as being so strange, she could hear the note of kindness underneath his voice. In that bald, gray head of his, he was being nice to her.

“How—how do you even know that?”

“Yce told me his brain pulses are strengthening. He said he will regain consciousness soon.”

Ah.

Her eyes widened some more but she couldn’t help the grin that filled her face. She didn’t understand Yce’s powers but she believed Kyro. Why would he lie and bring her hopes up for nothing?

Gripping Kyris’ hand, her gaze fastened on his face. She couldn’t wait to see his violet eyes looking back at her with their intensity again. Couldn’t wait to hear the sexiness of his deep voice. Couldn’t wait to see him move.

“You are so relieved. I can see,” Kyro continued. “I am not surprised. I, too, have felt the pull…”

He was still looking at her but his gaze was focused somewhere far away. She didn’t know what he meant by that but she didn’t care enough to question him about it.

All she could think about was the fact that Kyris was coming back to her.

“You are his all,” Kyro said suddenly, his gaze finally focusing on her once more.

Song blinked.

“What do you mean?”

Kyro sighed and leaned forward.

“Kyris is from Vaenus, a planet in orbit in a system not far from yours,” he spoke slowly and Song had the distinct impression that what he was about to tell her would be of extreme significance.

She was almost holding her breath as she waited for him to continue.

“His people are thought to be some of the most beautiful on this side of the universe.” His words held no note of disdain or sarcasm. He was just stating facts.

Glancing at Kyris, she couldn’t debate that, but her gaze went back to Kyro as he went on.

“They are skilled with making some of the most useful technologies and are an esteemed member of the Interplanetary Union but…”

“But?”

“Their mating games are thought of to be…archaic by some.”

“What do you mean?” She found herself searching Kyro’s gaze, trying to find the answer before he even continued.

“There are not many Vaen women. It has been that way since the start of time. To mate, a Vaen woman chooses among a group of suitors and puts them against each other in a series of games. The suitors must protect her above all else as they go through certain trials. Whoever wins gets her heart and her bed.”

Song swallowed as she glanced at Kyris. What did that have to do with them?

“I see the confusion in your eyes.” Kyro paused. “The female chooses, Song. It is the Vaen way. The males never choose. They are chosen. And if they win, they get the prize.”

“It sounds a bit sexist.”

A deep rumble of a chuckle vibrated through Kyro’s chest as his shoulders shook.

“It is illogical but it is their way. Would you rather the male chooses suitors and the females compete?”

When he said it like that, it sounded horrible. Not the life she would ever want to live.

“I don’t understand what you’re saying, though. Why are you telling me this?”

He took a few moments before he replied and she found the way he studied her unnerving. But she needed to know what he meant.

“There is no denying you care for my brother.” It seemed as if it was a question and Song nodded, her eyes drooping.

It was an admission to herself as well.

She cared more about Kyris than she even wanted to admit.

Kyro leaned forward, his eyes locked with hers.

“I have studied his culture. I know more than the others do.” He paused. “I have never seen Kyris put himself in such danger the way he has for you. He has already chosen you. Now, you must let him know that you have chosen him. For his sake.”

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She didn’t want to admit why she was doing it but she was doing it anyway.

The warm shower she’d taken had lightened her spirits.

She’d washed her hair and Athena had given her some lotion she’d gotten from the ship’s commissary to moisturize her skin.

Now, as she pulled on fresh clothes and headed back toward the medbay, she twiddled her fingers nervously.

Kyro’s words had been repeating in her head all day yesterday and she’d waited anxiously for Kyris to awaken.

She’d only left for a few minutes to shower just so she could be there, fresh and clean, when his eyes opened.

As she walked through the corridor from the quarters she’d been given, Evren was heading down in the opposite direction.

She smiled at Song but that smile didn’t reach her eyes.

“Mmm, I smell that lotion Athena bought. It’s good, isn’t it?” Evren paused a bit.

“It is. Makes me feel so much more…normal again.” Song glanced in the direction of the medbay. Though she would love to converse, she didn’t want to miss Kyris waking up.

Evren must have seen the urgency in her demeanor so she smiled again and once more Song noted the sadness underneath that smile. But she didn’t have time to ask the woman about it now. She’d have to catch up with her later, though.

“I know what you mean. I can see