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"Don't you worry, we'll leave soon."

We waited on board our smaller ship as the much larger capital ship transported us. I didn't know where this ship was going, and Lorvian didn't volunteer any details.

I smiled, thinking of how he, like us, remained inside the smaller ship for the journey even though we didn't have to.

But I loved it. Lorvian seemed… more accessible and perhaps calmer now. Connor tinkered with the equipment before calling Lorvian in for tests.

Cormac talked my head off about what he would like to change about the ship's color scheme. We needed some games or, better yet, food! I was getting hungry.

After a few hours, Lorvian ordered us to take off in the smaller ship. Once we left the hangar bay, I saw where we were for the first time. The massive white and grey ship floating in the vastness of space was our colony ship!

CHAPTER 22

Afterseveralminutesoforganizing our ship's docking, Lorvian and I walked the long stretch of tube until we entered the ship. The ship was dim, all but the emergency lights, which flashed and flickered. The ship that once carried life within its walls was now void and hollow. It was like I had been gone for decades.

Lorvian stopped and placed his hand on my shoulder, and we waited for the other Valisian male and what looked like a human male to arrive. The Valisian looked nothing like Lorvian except for the height and ears. His face was more angular and thicker, and his long, straight, brownish-red hair flowed well past his shoulders. It made me wonder if these aliens weren't just some sort of vampire elf. He looked at me with sharp gray eyes; unlike Lorvian, I could meet his gaze. How hot were these aliens?! It was then I noticed the man by his side. Short ginger hair, fierce light green eyes, and his most defining feature was a small strawberry birthmark on his cheek, I knew him! He was the guy who stole my wallet!

"Lorvian," the other greeted aloof in his approach, and I noticed that his voice carried a slight accent to it that was not like Lorvian's at all.

"Xil," Lorvian replied, just as coldly. There was a cool sense of formality here, not what I would expect from siblings.

"This is my human, Kevin."

"Caspian," Lorvian replied, gesturing toward me.

"What happened, got caught stealing over running for your life,Kevin?" I said, staring daggers at that bastard, and yeah, I stressed his name, if it was his real name.

"I think we have other problems," he said, shifting uncomfortably.

"So, it was a male, not a female, who has conceived. This is blessed news," Lorvian said, ignoring our little exchange. "If he carries to term, then our race could be saved, and the King will reward you greatly."

"Yes," the other replied with his chin held high as he seemed to look down on us both. I hated him already. "I will be the King who saved our people, especially if their women can conceive without the need for altering like the males. But if they all can transform into omegas with the gene therapy, these new aliens will indeed have their uses." He stared at me.

"How fortunate for you. Did you raid this ship with Regis? Was that your first encounter with them?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," he replied, and neither did I.

"You were always the smart one. Your mind is like a maze, but in your brilliance, you tend to underestimate others. How did you set up a trade with these humans so quickly?" Lorvian continued. "Seems to me like this would take a long time to do, and all without the hegemony knowing?"

The other laughed. "It is as I said, I have no idea what you are talking about. Regis sent me this human as a gift. I had no idea what it was until I read his report." He scoffed. "However, he mentioned nothing about raiding them."

"It was the Travol rebel Daruuk who attacked these human colonists. While investigating this attack I found my way to a slave camp in Qzai where Daruuk had fled to. I didn't find him there but I found data that Regis was the true owner of the camp."

"Regis would be a treasonous fool to throw his lot in with him."

"I suggest summoning him here instead of me."

"I was certain it was you who had a hand in this…" The other appeared to think.

"And you may want to investigate that Omega of yours, brother. If he is a gift from Regis then who knows what the little bugger is capable of."

Kevin fiddled with his fingers, and I felt bad for him. I wanted revenge for him stealing my father's wallet, the only memento I had left of him, and this inadvertently fell into my lap. I should've done the happy dance, but my stomach was in knots.

"And the one standing next to you?" He sneered. "Was that creature also a gift from our brother?"

"I'm not a creature," I replied on instinct, and he seemed almost shocked and appalled that I would even address him.

"Don't tell me you put a chip in him, and it took?"

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