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

Song nodded and grinned as she turned and continued down the corridor.

She was feeling in high spirits today and she knew exactly why.

She was walking so fast, she almost collided into Kyro’s tall, gray frame at the end of the corridor.

“Oh, whoops.”

He didn’t even seem to notice her and, when Song turned to see what he was looking at, she saw just as Evren’s back turned around a corner.

Was he stalking Evren?

She couldn’t help but give Kyro a wary look as she scooted around him.

Kyro only glanced at her before his eyes focused back down the corridor as he turned sideways to let her pass. But as he turned, she didn’t miss the piece of folded paper he hid behind his back.

Even as she turned to walk away, Song frowned.

“Is everything okay, Kyro?”

It took a few moments for his focus to turn to her and he seemed to pause, fiddling with the paper behind his back.

“Tell me,” he said, “what do you think of this line of witticism?”

He brandished the piece of paper and handed it to her.

Frowning slightly, she took the paper and unfolded it.

“Knock knock,” she read as she glanced up at Kyro, “who’s there? Atoms and particles possibly making some form of matter. The knock on the door was a solid one, which suggests whatever is knocking must have some solid form.”

Song frowned as she reread the paper to herself.

“Is this…” She stared at the paper. “Is this supposed to be a joke?”

Kyro tilted his head to the side. “I have done much research. Radio waves picked up from your planet had witticisms about knocking on doors and answering cleverly.”

It took her a moment before she huffed out a laugh.

It was a joke. A strange one.

“This isn’t exactly how a knock-knock joke would go.”

“Ah,” Kyro’s gaze became thoughtful as he took the paper back from her, his focus once more moving down the corridor where Evren had disappeared. “I must try again.”

She would have loved to continue the conversation but there were more pressing thoughts on her mind.

“See you later?”

Kyro didn’t even seem to hear her so she made her way down the corridor.

As she rounded the corner on the medbay, her heart jumped in her chest as she stopped dead in her tracks.

The door was open.

Rushing to the entrance of the medbay, she felt something heavy weigh down inside her as she looked in.

He wasn’t there. As a matter of fact, the room looked like he had never been in there.

The medbots had put the equipment away and the room was deathly quiet. Even the medbots were nowhere to be seen.

Sounds in the communal area caught her attention and Song turned and headed in the direction of the commotion.

As she walked down the brightly lit corridor in the direction of the sounds, she could make out laughter and words communicating relief and happiness.

Her heart, slowly migrating to her throat, made it hard for her to breathe. Even as she neared the communal area, her footsteps became slow as her pulse beat in her ears.

She was almost afraid…almost afraid to see him standing once more, his violet eyes shining with intensity, his mouth twisting into a smile…

She’d spent so many days by his bedside praying for this day and now that it was here, she was almost too afraid to face it lest it not be true.

As she came into the doorway, she paused, her heart stopping for just a second as she saw him.

He was standing without help. His wounds were healed. His wing, though still missing feathers in some places, didn’t have the darkened color spreading through it anymore.

It still hung awkwardly, though, evidence that he was still not fully healed.

If she hadn’t been by his bedside the entire time, she wouldn’t have believed he’d gone through such an ordeal.

He was surrounded by everyone; his brothers were all grinning and patting him on the back while the human women stood by them, also congratulating him on his recovery.

As she stood in the entranceway, unable to move, it was as if he felt her presence for he immediately turned to look in her direction.

And time froze.

In that moment, it was just she and him.

As their eyes met, a slow soft smile spread Kyris’ lips and even though she wished she could, her smile was less elegant.

Hers was more like a strange twisting of her lips as her eyes welled up. And though she didn’t want to cry, hadn’t planned to, the sight of him across the room, alive and well, was too much for her fragile emotions.

The others turned to see her standing there and, with knowing glances, Piper and Athena somehow managed to usher everyone from the room, leaving Kyris standing there alone.

In times before, she would have blushed at the women doing such a thing, but in this moment, she didn’t care.

All she could see was him and for the first time, she was really, really seeing him.

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“You’re better.” Song swallowed hard. Her voice, still thick with emotions, sounded almost like a croak and she saw Kyris’ face contort.

With movement too fast for her eyes, he was in front on her in a second, his hand hovering above her cheek as a tear rolled down her face.

“Leaking eyes,” he muttered.

Song nodded and smiled through the tears that were now starting to fall too hard for her to keep them under control.

“Yes, leaking eyes, but I’m not sad.” As she moved into him and wrapped her arms around his torso, she held him there, her cheek plastered against his hard chest, and for a few moments, she relished in the feel of him.

Kyris stiffened at her sudden movement and she felt him inhale deeply before his body slowly relaxed.

“What are you doing?” His voice sounded strained, as if he was trying to control himself and for once she knew why. Now she understood everything. There was no reason to hold back anymore.

He was her choice.

“I’m hugging you.” She smiled