Текст книги "Valiant"
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“Do you want some? It’s good.”
She shook her head. “It’s all yours. I only eat my steaks cooked all the way through and with some steak sauce. A nice baked potato to go with it too.” She hesitated and glanced at his plate. “How many pounds of meat do you eat in one sitting?”
He shrugged. “A few.”
“Is that all you eat?”
“No. I eat deer too. Cows are good. I enjoy chicken and pork but I want them cooked more. Fish raw is excellent. I catch them with my hands from the river. I will catch you some when we move to my house. You probably want them cooked though.”
She just nodded. Man, I’m so totally not going to watch him eat. She forced her attention to her plate and kept it there while she finished her meal. She tried not to glance at Valiant.
The doorbell chimed again about fifteen minutes later. Valiant opened the door. Tammy set her empty plate on the tray and smiled as Sheriff Greg Cooper walked inside the suite. Two New Species officers flanked him, obviously escorts. The sheriff smiled back at Tammy.
“You’re looking much better, Tam.” He peered around the suite with a whistle. “A nd they are sure taking good care of you. Nice place. Fancy.”
“Thank you. Would you like to sit down?” Tammy smiled at the security officers. “A ll of you?”
The two New Species shook their heads and remained standing by the door they had closed. Sheriff Cooper walked to one of the chairs to drop into it.
Tammy sat on the couch. Valiant took a seat next to her.
“You need me to make a statement, right?”
Sheriff Cooper reached into his pocket. “A ctually, that was kind of taken care of already. They,” he glanced at Valiant, “are very efficient. I just need you to read it and sign this if it’s accurate.”
“Oh.” Tammy accepted the papers and unfolded them. She started to read. Someone had typed out an account of what had happened, most of it anyway, minus the stuff about the doctor who ordered the men to take her or any mention of an informant. Some of it wasn’t quite precise but it was all damning for the four men.
Valiant stood and walked away. He returned quickly and handed Tammy a pen. “Here. Sign it with that.” His features were grim.
Tammy nodded and signed the last page. She handed the statement back to the sheriff. “Here you go.”
“It’s all correct? I take it they interviewed you already?”
She nodded. New Species had written it up and she trusted them. “Yes. It’s perfect.”
“How are you feeling today? You look good. The bruising on your face isn’t as bad as I thought it would be.”
“I’m feeling a hundred percent better. One of their doctors came by last night to give me pain medication and examined me.”
Valiant rose to his feet. “I’ll get you the pills. You ate.” He walked out of the room.
Sheriff Cooper leaned forward and whispered, “A re you good here? You can leave with me if you want to.”
“I’m great.” Tammy smiled at him. “I have to call Ted though to tell him I won’t be to work for a few days.”
Sheriff Cooper leaned back with a grimace. “What happened is all over town. You know how it is. Ted called me first thing this morning wanting to know if the rumors were true. I told him what happened and where you were. I wasn’t sure how long you’d be out here.” He paused. “Your friends would appreciate it if you would call them. Tim was especially worried about you. He tried to call you here but they told him you weren’t accepting phone calls.”
She blinked. “I was sleeping until just a little while ago. I’ll call Tim first chance I get.”
Sheriff Cooper stood. “Well, I better get going. I have four of my deputies with me. We’re here to collect two of your attackers. The third had to be moved to a hospital in Sherver. He survived surgery.”
Tammy stood and hugged Sheriff Cooper. “Thank you for everything. Especially for thinking to call the New Species to help find me.”
“I’m glad I did the right thing. It was all I could think to do. Once a person goes missing, the longer they are gone, the less chances of finding them alive. I promised your grandma on her deathbed that I’d look out for you like my own family.”
Tammy walked the sheriff to the door where his escort waited. Valiant walked up behind her. The second the door closed, Valiant held out a glass of water and two pain pills. She swallowed them and handed the glass back to him. He slammed it onto the nearest table, spun, grabbed her and lifted her off her feet. Tammy gasped, staring at him as he curled her against his chest. He headed for the bedroom.
“Put me down.”
He ignored her request. “You spoke to that man, you ate, took your pills, and now I get to take you to bed.
That was the deal.”
“It was.” She laughed as he tossed her onto the bed.
Valiant gripped her cotton pants and pulled them down her legs. Her panties were quickly removed. He crouched over her on the bed, grinning. “I get to lick you now.”
The doorbell chimed. Valiant’s humor instantly vanished, anger tightened his features and he snarled.
“Ignore it.”
Tammy hesitated. “But…”
His hands gripped her thighs, spread them wider, and he lowered his head. Tammy fell back against the mattress, digging her fingernails into the sheets, no longer caring who was at the door as his mouth fastened over her clit. He nuzzled his face tighter between her thighs, rapidly tonguing her clit in strong flicks that instantly made all thought leave her head. He growled against her.
“I love when you vibrate,” she moaned.
Valiant purred, vibrating more. The sensation became so good she could barely stand it, her thighs tightened around his head and his strong hands forced them apart again. He held her immobile until all she could do was arch her back and cry out her pleasure. In minutes Tammy screamed his name, twitching under his mouth, as she came hard.
He lifted his head away and dragged her limp body toward him at the edge of the bed. Her eyes opened and she peered at him where he knelt on the carpet. Valiant’s eyes were narrowed, his beautiful gaze intense and filled with passion. He released her when her butt nearly slid off the edge of the mattress and gently placed her feet on the carpet to keep her from slumping to the floor.
He didn’t look away from her gaze as he tore open the front of his pants, shoved them down his legs, bent to completely remove them, and kicked them away. He leaned down, grabbed her hips, and rolled her over onto her stomach.
Valiant bent her over the mattress. He used his feet to gently urge her thighs apart. She spaced her knees and he crowded in behind her. She moaned as his cock nudged her pussy and slowly pressed inside, parting her vaginal walls.
“Mine,” he growled as his big body curled around her and his arms braced his upper body from crushing hers under him.
“Yes,” she moaned, gripping his hands on the bed next to her. “God yes.”
Valiant tensed for a second but began to rock his hips against her ass to drive his cock into her harder and deeper. He moved his legs to the outside of hers, lowering his hips to fuck her at a new angle and Tammy urged him on with soft moans and pleas to move faster.
He felt incredible to her, every hard inch awakening and stroking wonderful nerve endings that drove her pleasure higher and higher until she knew she was about to come again. Her vaginal muscles clamped around him and she screamed his name as it happened.
A roar tore from his throat. Tammy clung to his hands as he drove into her the last time, still climaxing around him, and loving the warm heat spreading from his release. He collapsed over her to pin her tighter under his body but he made sure she could still breathe.
“We should do this after every breakfast,” he said and chuckled next her ear.
She smiled, turned her head, and met his gaze. “I could take a nap.”
He hesitated. “I would take one with you but I have to see what our company wants first. They are waiting in the other room.”
Her mouth fell open. “What?” She tried to push him up but he was too heavy over her back and didn’t budge.
He grinned at her.
“We have company in the other room. They are probably waiting for both of us.”
Tammy twisted her head the other way. The bedroom door stood wide open. She frantically shoved at Valiant. “Get off. Damn it, why didn’t you tell me? They could have walked in here and seen us!”
Valiant
shrugged,
seemed
unconcerned,
and
separated their bodies. He rose to his feet and strode to the bedroom door. “We’ll be out in a minute.” He slammed it closed and turned to face her.
Tammy shot him a glare as she grabbed her discarded pants and underwear, trying to put them on quickly as she sat on the edge of the bed. “You knew someone came into our rooms and you just ignored it?
What if they walked in here? What if they’d seen– Hell, anything we’ve been doing?”
His arms crossed over his chest, and he appeared highly amused. “I would have killed them for disturbing us.”
She yanked her shirt down her body from where it had ridden up when Valiant had been riding her. She smirked at that thought. “You go out there. I’m hiding in here. They had to have heard everything.”
“They probably heard us two floors away or more and definitely on this entire floor.”
Her mouth dropped open. “Seriously?”
“Yes. We have good hearing.” He looked really happy about it too.
“Damn it, Valiant. That’s not funny. You mean to tell me every time we have sex, everyone probably on two or three floors knows what we’re doing?”
“You scream my name and I can’t stop from voicing how good you make me feel.”
Tammy remained sitting on the bed, not sure her knees would hold her weight at that moment as shock rolled through her. She put her hands over her face. “I can never face anyone again. That’s so embarrassing.”
Hands suddenly grabbed her as he yanked her to her feet. Tammy’s head jerked up. She stared in shock at Valiant’s enraged expression. His hands weren’t hurting her but he had a firm hold on her.
“Do I embarrass you?”He snarled the words.
“No!” It horrified her that he’d come to that conclusion.
“Does it embarrass you that others know you enjoy being touched by me and having me inside you?”
being touched by me and having me inside you?”
“No! Don’t think that way. How can you even say that? I wanted to come here with you. I’m from a small town, Valiant. Fifteen minutes after I demanded to stay with you, agreed to allow you to carry me off in one of your Jeeps, my entire town knew about us. I’m not ashamed to be with you one bit. I’m embarrassed because it’s just uncomfortable to think that everyone can hear us having sex. That’s kind of private and personal.”
His expression relaxed and his hold on her arms gentled until he barely touched her. “Yes. I’m sorry I got the wrong impression.”
“What you got was pissed. You were livid with me.
You do not embarrass me, Valiant. I’m not ashamed to be with you. I am really attracted to you. I…” she softly cursed. “I really am drawn to you deeply and I don’t give a rat’s ass what someone else thinks about that if they aren’t happy with it. A re we clear?”
“Yes.” He swallowed hard, his expression softening.
“I was so angry because it hurt me very deeply to believe you didn’t want anyone to know about me and you. I know humans hate us and the idea of you thinking less of me for not being human hurt.”
Something inside her chest broke a little for him. It tore her up that she’d mistakenly hurt his feelings and made him unsure of where he stood with her. She pulled out of his arms, glanced at the bed, and gripped his arm to balance her weight when she stepped up onto the mattress. She turned, released his arm, and met his surprised look at her new position of being slightly taller than him.
“You’re just so tall. It’s hard to do this otherwise.
Step closer to me.”
He didn’t hesitate. He moved to stand before her.
Tammy gripped his cheeks and bent enough to go nose to nose with him. She stared into his exotic eyes, loving them and probably loving him too. She pushed that concept back, not wanting to go there at that moment.
Falling in love with him as deeply as she suspected she was would complicate her life beyond imagination.
“I am not ashamed of you. You are better than any human man I’ve ever met, Valiant. A thousand times over. You’re incredibly sweet to me, you always seem to want to take care of me, even though I’m not sure about fattening me up.” She grinned. “A nd the sex is amazing.
You’re smart, caring, and while some things about you drive me nuts, such as how aggressive you can be, I kind of like it. I actually really like it when you get all possessive. I don’t care who knows we’re seeing each other. I just don’t want anyone seeing me naked besides you. Okay?”
His arms wrapped around her waist to pull her flat against his body. “I’d beat them senseless if they did.
They fear me, but you never should. I will never hurt you, Tammy.”
“I believe that.” She did. “We probably should go see who is waiting in the other room.”
“Let them wait. I want to hold you right now.”
She nodded and released his face to wrap her arms around his neck, her face buried in the curve of his shoulder, and he wrapped his arms around her to cling tighter to her. Tammy wrapped her legs around his waist. He held her entire weight easily—the guy was a breathing tank on legs. She grinned.
Valiant slid his arm lower to hook Tammy under her ass to make sure she didn’t release him any time soon.
He breathed in her scent, his eyes closed now, and nuzzled her hair. She hadn’t said she loved him but he could find patience for her.
He refrained from stating they were doing more than seeing each other. She was his mate, his other half, and now a part of his soul. He loved her. It was a new emotion but he wasn’t afraid to admit it. She warmed him inside, made him happy, and having her against his body was just right. Perfect. They fit despite their size difference. She was wonderful to him in every way.
Except she’s too small. I need to feed her more. He smiled.
He remembered when he’d entered her wondrous body and told her she was his. He’d told her “mine” and she’d said yes. His grin widened. She’d actually said “God yes”. She’d brought her religious faith into it. That had to mean she had been completely honest and sincere. Hope turned into joy. Tammy was his. His hugged her a little tighter.
“Mine.”
She didn’t protest and he knew then he’d be able to keep her forever.
Chapter Nine
“Okay. Now let’s go face whoever is in the other room.” Tammy smiled at Valiant after he lowered her back to her feet.
“It’s Slade and Trisha. They brought Brass with them.”
Valiant smiled when he stepped back from her. He held out his hand that Tammy accepted, opened the door, and they walked together down the hallway.
Trisha, Slade, and a New Species man waited inside the living room, sitting on the couch and on a chair. The men looked amused. Trisha just smiled.
“What do you want?” Valiant glared at Slade. “We had to get dressed. We would be taking a nap right now if it weren’t for you being here.”
A grin spread across Slade’s face and his blue eyes sparkled. “Trisha wanted to talk to both of you. She was tired last night and says she didn’t think about it. She demanded we come over here right now.”
Valiant glanced at the other man. “Hello, Brass. What are you doing here?”
“I’m with them.” He studied Tammy and winked.
A growl tore from Valiant as he instantly moved, released her hand and took a threatening step toward the other New Species. He’d put his body in front of Tammy’s, blocking Brass from seeing her.
“Do not look at her and do not flirt.” Valiant snarled louder. “Mine!”
“Wow, and I thought you were possessive,” Trisha muttered. She stood. “Calm down, Valiant. Brass didn’t mean anything by that facial twitch. He winks at everyone. Even men. I need to have a private discussion with you two.” She paused. “Inside the bedroom.”
“But¯” Slade protested.
Trisha spun to face him. “Enough. I know you guys wouldn’t give a damn what is discussed in front of you about any topic under the sun but she’s a woman. I wouldn’t want to have this conversation in front of two men I don’t know. Now please sit back down and work more on that patience—or lack of—issue you have.” She turned back around to meet Tammy’s shocked stare.
“You, me, and Valiant need to have a talk.”
“Just tell us whatever you need to say.” Valiant crossed his arms over his chest. “The faster its out, the faster you leave, and I can take Tammy to bed for a nap.”
Tammy sighed, stepping from behind him. “He does that arm-crossing thing a lot. Valiant has spoken. Subject over.” She glanced up at his face and grinned at his threatening expression, which he seemed to use to intimidate others. “Do what he says or get glared at.”
Trisha laughed. “They all do that. It’s a New Species thing. It’s adorable, isn’t it?”
Tammy wasn’t sure she’d go that far but as she glanced up at the scowl on Valiant’s face as he regarded the doctor, she refrained from laughing. Her focus returned to Trisha.
Trisha edged around Valiant and took Tammy’s arm.
“Trust me. This is a talk we should have in private.”
“Let’s go into the bedroom. He’ll follow.” Tammy led the way.
Trisha took a seat on a chair and her hands gently massaged her extended belly. Tammy grabbed the comforter off the floor and tossed it over the messed-up sheets. She tried not to feel embarrassed about the state of the bed. It was obvious that they’d had sex on it recently. Valiant stood by the door doing his New Species thing. She smiled as she looked away from him, sitting on the edge of the bed near Trisha.
“I don’t want to embarrass anyone,” Trisha explained softly. “But I now know for sure that you two are having sexual intercourse.” She kept eye contact with Tammy.
“A re you on the Pill?”
Tammy shook her head. “No.”
Trisha glanced at Valiant. “Have you been using condoms?”
He snorted. “Never.”
Tammy winced. “I see where you’re going with this.
Okay. Last year I dated this asshole and he cheated on me.” She refused to glance at Valiant. “I found out and flipped out. I immediately got in to see my gynecologist.
I was terrified he might have given me something. We used condoms but not for everything. I had my doctor run every test, it all came back clean, and six months ago she retested me. I’m venereal disease free. I’d be happy to allow you to examine me and run tests if you’re worried I might give Valiant something.”
Trisha’s mouth opened and closed. “That’s good to know but they don’t catch venereal diseases easily. They are different enough that most of the common ones won’t transfer to them. They have a really tough immune system that would attack most of them anyway.”
“That’s good to know.” Tammy smiled. “I figured it was fine. I mean, I kind of got that Valiant hadn’t slept around much by things he’s said.”
Trisha blinked a few times. “He could get you pregnant.”
Tammy let the words sink in and shook her head.
“That can’t be right. I mean, I watch the news. They are always discussing how New Species are sterile. They can’t have children. The testing facilities purposely made them that way. It’s a well-known fact.”
“Do you believe everything you hear on the news?”
Trisha sighed. “Forget that question. It’s not general knowledge. It’s actually classified information that only New Species, or in this case, women who are having unprotected sex with them need to know. You fall under that category since you’re not on the Pill or taking other preventative measures. You needed to be told of the risk of pregnancy.”
Valiant growled. “I am not sterile.”
Trisha glanced at him and then back at her. “I am a New Species doctor, Tammy. Mercile Industries did breeding experiments on New Species trying to make them reproduce but it never worked. They never sterilized them since they encouraged them to procreate.
It was just recently that we discovered that it is possible that a human and a New Species can have a child together under the right circumstances.”
Tammy gaped at the doctor, mute.
Trisha paused. “We have been doing a lot of testing.
I just wanted you both to be aware of that risk.” Her gaze shifted to Valiant. “You’re more…” She paused again. “Of a more pronounced New Species and unless I test your sperm, I’m not sure you could get her pregnant. Your DNA could be too altered for it to work but I wanted both of you to be aware of the possibility.” Her attention returned to Tammy. “I could put you on something right away if you want to make sure you’re protected.”
Tammy blinked. “But we’ve already been having sex.
That means I could already be pregnant, right?”
Trisha nodded. “Yes. I can order you a pregnancy test in a few weeks.”
Tammy softly cursed and didn’t miss when Valiant’s focus jerked to her. He looked pissed off again.
“Is it such a bad thing?” His gaze dropped to her stomach. “To carry a child of mine?”
Tammy just stared at him. Valiant growled, his eyes narrowed and he tensed. He growled again, deeper.
“Stop,” Tammy whispered. “Don’t get angry. I’m in shock since I didn’t think it was possible, okay? Give me a few minutes to stop freaking out. I never even considered I could get pregnant.”
“It doesn’t change anything. You are mine and I am yours. It will be a good thing if we make a child. I am strong and will provide well for you both. I will protect you and I would welcome a baby. You said I do not embarrass you. Would having my child embarrass you?”
“No.” She frowned. “I just don’t know you well enough to be thinking about starting a family, okay?
People should be together for years before they make that decision. Trust me, I know. My parents were married because my mother got knocked up and by the time I was two years old, they hated each other. They fought all the time until my father finally walked out on us when I was four. My mother started drinking and finally met a man who hated having me around. She just dumped me on my grandma without a backward glance. I never saw her again.”
He took a step toward her. “You are mine. I would never hate you nor would you ever hate me. I would never leave you. Never. You are mine.”
Tammy looked to the doctor for help. “What exactly does that mean to them?”
Trisha hesitated. ““Valiant, could we please talk alone?”
“No.” He crossed his arms over his chest again. “You can speak to her in front of me.”
“I don’t want to offend you.”
He shook his head at Trisha. “You won’t.”
She didn’t appear so sure about that, but Trisha began to speak. “They were never allowed to have anything of their own. A s in possessions. They couldn’t even become attached to any of the other New Species they were exposed to. That was a rare occurrence for the most part since they kept them locked in separate cells. If they did, if the staff figured out they cared what happened to another New Species, it was used against them to punish or make them do what they were told while they were imprisoned. Now when they think something is theirs they will not give it up. They want to keep it forever.”
Stunned, Tammy just stared at the doctor. “Forever?”
“Until one of you dies.”
“So I can’t leave him no matter what he does? He won’t leave me?”
Trisha bit her lip. “What do you think he would or could do that would make you want to leave him? I know he’s kind of pushy but it’s just their way. He really would kill or die to protect you and you can’t say that about many men. Yes, they are controlling but they do it trying to keep the person safe. That actually counts for something once you adjust to their ways.”
“What if he cheats?” Tammy refused to look at Valiant.
A smile curved the doctor’s mouth. “They are very loyal. There are only a few couples so far but from what we have learned, the males will kind of scent imprint you. The more time you spend with him, the more he’ll kind of get addicted to you. A fter a while he won’t be able to stand the smell of another woman if he gets close to one. A s an example, we had a couple where another woman hit on the male by trying to kiss him. He grew very agitated at being touched by her. He almost crushed his wife when he rubbed up against her body to remove the scent of the other woman. He couldn’t stand it. It enraged him and he said he felt sick to his stomach when I later asked him about it.”
“Was it that married couple, Ellie and Fury? The ones on the news?”
“Yes.”
“Fury was mixed with some breed of dog, right?
That’s what I read. Valiant is a lion. Won’t that mean something different? Dogs and lions are nothing alike.”
“I can’t say I know for sure but you could ask Valiant.
If there’s one thing you can count on, trust me, they are brutally honest.”
Tammy finally looked at Valiant. He sighed as he watched her back. “I would hurt another female if she tried to have sexual contact with me. I want you and only you. I would not allow another female to touch me.”
“See?” Trisha drew her attention. “You don’t have to worry about him cheating.”
“I will bathe in his blood if another man touches you.” Valiant growled deeply. “I’ll tear off his limbs. I’ll rip off his head.” He paused, took a deep breath. “He’ll die horribly. I will never hurt you though.”
Trisha managed to keep the smile in place. “Did I mention they are very possessive and graphic too?”
Trisha shot him a dirty look and shook her head. “Can you cut back on the gory details a bit? Humans aren’t keen on hearing that stuff. It isn’t a great selling point.
Work with me here.”
He growled. “I always tell Tammy the truth.”
“I’m learning that. I’m not ready to have a baby though.” Tammy met Valiant’s angry glare. “I want to get to know you better first before we even discuss having one together, if that’s even possible. Please understand that and don’t get mad or hurt. I’m not saying no forever, I’m just saying that right now I want to spend more time with you before I consider that option.”
Tammy faced the doctor. “Could you put me on something?”
Trisha nodded. “Of course. I’ll have to call it in and have it delivered since we don’t carry birth control on Reservation. In a few weeks you will need a pregnancy test to make sure you didn’t already conceive and we’ll put you on the Pill.” Trisha paused. “I don’t want to start them right now in case you’ve already conceived. Let me know immediately if you start your period. I—”
“No sex?” Valiant interrupted.
Tammy frowned. “Quiet and allow her to talk.”
Trisha glanced between them, settling her focus on Tammy. “I would also appreciate it if you didn’t tell anyone about this discussion. There are a lot of hate groups out there who would be very unhappy if they learned it was even possible for us to have children with them.”
“That’s an understatement if I ever heard one.”
Tammy grimaced. “They’d go ballistic. I saw a show a few weeks ago about some idiots who started a business taking bets on how long each known New Species will live.”
Horrified at what she’d said, her gaze darted to Valiant, hoping it hadn’t hurt his feelings. He met her stare calmly, not appearing shocked at hearing that someone wanted to make a profit of their deaths.
“Yeah. We heard about that.” Trisha got a sad look on her face. “A nd they’d probably do anything to kill the woman carrying that unborn baby and the baby if it had already been born. A lot of them are looking forward to the thought of New Species dying out in time. It would send some of those assholes into a rampage if they discovered that generations more of them were possible.”
“See? That’s another reason why I don’t want to have a baby right now. I’ve already been targeted once. I may as well buy a bull’s-eye T-shirt and live in it. I’m not ready to take that chance just yet. I want the pills as soon as you’re able to prescribe them to me.”
Tammy turned her head to see how Valiant reacted to her decision. He was gone, had left the room, and she softly cursed. He’d walked out without saying a word.
Obviously he didn’t agree with what she wanted. Damn.
“Give him time.” Trisha reached out and touched Tammy’s arm. “I think he might feel a little rejected.”
“I didn’t mean for him to take it that way. You understand, don’t you? I met him five weeks ago, he scared the hell out of me, we had incredible sex, and I hit him over the head with a lamp. Last night he came back into my life when he saved me. I’m very attracted to him but we need to spend a lot more time together before we purposely take risks of that kind. Hell, I think I’m falling
–” She closed her mouth. “In all, I’ve spent so little time with him and certainly not long enough to make a lifelong commitment of having a child together.”
“I do understand.”
Tammy saw compassion on the other woman’s face.
“There’s the whole we’re-different factor. I was kidnapped last night because someone heard I had slept with him. Just slept with him. What if I got pregnant?
Those stupid bastards and every stupid asshole like them would want to get their hands on me. A nd that’s not even touching the subject of what the press would do. I watched what they did to that married couple. Those two can’t do anything without having reporters all over them.
They don’t even leave Homeland anymore, do they? I heard the press stalked them as though they were movie or rock stars. Hell, I think those two groups of celebrities have it easier than that couple does.”
Trisha sighed. “Yeah, I know. Luckily they don’t mind since they both work at Homeland and their lives are inside the secure walls there.”
“I don’t know if I could live that way. Right now I am not supposed to even leave this suite. Is that how it is with Ellie? Is she locked down inside their home?”
“No. She has a job at Homeland and it’s more settled there. Reservation just opened and that’s why you’ve been kept inside the suite. The New Species are used to humans but not the ones who live here. It’s just for your safety. I can’t walk around either without an escort. I don’t have that issue at Homeland. I have a house there.”
don’t have that issue at Homeland. I have a house there.”
Tammy desperately wanted to change the subject.
“How did it go with the father of your baby? Does he live around here? I might know him since it’s a small town.”
