Fallen Warriors (INTERGALACTIC ENOSIS: THE PYXIS SYSTEM #4) by Aurora Welkin EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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WHO WAS SHE?
ARANA
You know why she called us here, don’t you? Beast’s grating voice swirled
in our head.
In front of us, the entrance of Serenity Gardens was bursting with
vibrant colors. True to its name, tranquility emanated from this sacred place
affecting us, the beautiful fragrances providing a feast for our senses.
The giants lined the well-worn path. Wisteria grew on the millennia-old
trees’ enormous trunks. The mutualistic vining plant protected and fed off
them. It snaked around the bark and decorated the lower branches with
cascades of pink, purple, and blue flowers. The blooms weighing its long
vines down.
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We looked up. Past the beautiful blossoms to the dark-green leaves. The
tops of the trees mixed with the sparse clouds and appeared to touch the
sky; the rays of our suns barely broke through the dense foliage. Such
magnificence made me and my troubles feel insignificant in comparison.
Beast, my vocal and at times annoying sabertooth half, exhaled; our
body, ridden with tension, relaxed and sagged. Hollow pops sounded as our
muscles unclenched and our breathing evened out. Despite the constant
sense of danger subsiding, he kept swishing his tail slowly from side to side
in wide arcs.
Not a good sign.
Whenever I’d met with Aarthi in the past, he’d remained silent. Not
interested, but not murderous either. So hope blossomed that she might be a
female he’d accept.
But if his intent wasn’t made clear by his tail, his annoyed tone told me
what I didn’t want to hear.
This argument again, Beast? I cannot fathom why you’re the only
Saberian who doesn’t value family.
I value family. He contradicted. Why couldn’t our body be just my own?
Life would be so much easier.
My bitter laugh sounded more like a bark and caused a flock of
cashodians nearby to take flight.
I ignored his hurtful jab. It wasn’t the first time he’d expressed his
wishes. Our souls were connected, and we shared a body. That was the way
for Saberians. Not ready to give up, I continued—hoping to persuade him.
She is a good female. A strong one.
If she tries to make me submit, I will kill her.
His statement, similar to his other replies regarding females, squashed
all hope to smithereens. I pushed him back to the recesses of our mind and
took over our body. I shifted to my biped form, picked up one of the
palliums stacked near the entrance, and draped it around my waist and over
my left shoulder—leaving the other one bare.
Saberians weren’t averse to nakedness, but I didn’t want to encourage
Aarthi further. I didn’t trust Beast not to act on his threat. Heaviness
returned with a vengeance. No female would ever accept a mate whose
sabertooth was a danger to them.
A solitary existence was the least appealing option, and not my choice.
Nonetheless, I was heading there and it could only end one way. Lethe.
Every male Saberian’s dread. According to the Elders, it would be the end
for me—and madness for Beast—before another warrior put us down.
I started along the path. The ends of the longer vines caressed my face,
their ambrosial aroma overpowering all others.
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