Page 4 of Twin Warriors

The green eyes shifted from her to look past Amy’s shoulder. A cold shiver ran over Amy’s body as she remembered the other creature sleeping behind her. She swallowed, slowly turning to look at another huge beast, this one bigger than the green eyed one.

It stood staring at Amy with shining blue eyes, brighter than anything she had ever seen before.

“Oh, God,” Amy breathed, taking a step back from the massive beast.

“That is my mate. Greet our Alpha, my love” The voice spoke in her mind softly.

The beast with the blue eyes stared at her for a moment, then bowed its head, lowering its gaze to the ground.

“Alpha?” Amy breathed out, turning to keep both creatures in sight.

“Yes. Kisma and Maku chose you to be the alpha. We are finally five.”

“What?”

Amy felt like her head was about to explode. What the hell was going on? What did she mean by Alpha? Like a pack alpha, like with wolves?

“Did I harm you?” A deep male voice asked in her mind, in the same way the other voice spoke.

Amy frowned, looking back at the blue-eyed creature. It was watching her, worry filling its stunning eyes. She took a second to think about what it had asked. She felt fine. No pain, no weakness, nothing.

“No… No, I’m fine, I think. Why would you think you hurt me?”

“I was the one who dragged you out to the pool. I feared I had harmed you. You were very weak.”

She could remember waking up to the feeling of being dragged.

“No, I’m okay. I actually feel pretty good.”

Relief swept through both sets of eyes and the huge black bodies relaxed.

“That is good to hear,” the female said, stepping closer to Amy. Despite her fear, Amy stayed still, waiting to see what would happen next. Had telling these creatures that she was fine only given them the go ahead to eat her?

But when a huge head pressed into her chest gently, a low, rumbling purr coming from its chest, Amy's heart felt like it would beat right out of her chest. At first, she frowned to see the female beast rubbing its head against her like a cat. But a second later, a small smile broke out over her lips. This was the weirdest thing she had ever experienced, yet her hand still rose to gently stroke the luxurious fur on the side of her head. She smiled wider when the purring grew louder as she dug her fingers into the fur to get to the warm skin beneath.

“Where am I?” Amy finally asked, looking over at the blue-eyed creature. It watched its mate with such an intense look of love in its eyes that it took her breath away. These were nothing like the creatures she had seen when the convoy got destroyed. They were gentle, caring, and intelligent.

“You are on the planet Raka. This cave is in the center of the wastelands. Where are you from? We have not seen your kind here before.”

“I’m from Earth. I was abducted from my father's cabin. I was brought here with a bunch of other prisoners. We were dragged through the desert in some sick slave convoy or something.”

“How did you escape?”

Bile rose at the memory of the night the convoy was attacked.

“Creatures… like you attacked it. They killed everyone. I hit my head and passed out underneath the dead body of one of the prisoners I was locked up with.”

A deep, dangerous snarl echoed off the walls of the cave, making Amy jump. The large male bared its teeth, turning away from them as it strolled over to a shallow pool of water not far away. It paced back and forth, emitting a low, deep rumbling sound as it strode back and forth.

“He is angry,” The female voice said, “our kind has… They have suffered a great injustice.”

“What do you mean? What happened?”

Green eyes filled with tears as the female raised its gaze to her.

“Our kind was poisoned by the Korok. They are a vile species that inhabits this planet. They are hunted and killed by all those that live in the city of Mura, but their biggest enemy are the Arusians. They hate them just as much as we do.”

“Who are the Arusians?”

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