Page 26 of The Alien's Pet

Karin was wrapped in Korrev's strong, protective arms. It was one of the rare occasions when he allowed her to sleep with him and not on her pet bed. She liked sleeping with him. Not that she would ever admit it, of course. Her pride wouldn't let her.

But she did enjoy sleeping in his arms and having him kiss her forehead. For a few delicious moments, she felt like his equal instead of a pet.

"What shall we do today, Karin?" he asked her as he entwined his hand in hers.

"I want to explore Krotev," she whispered as she snuggled closer to him. "I feel like I've hardly seen any of it. Alice has."

"That's because Alice behaves. Kyvan also has a bad habit of spoiling her." Korrev smirked at her. "But if you wish, Pet, I will take you to explore. Would you like that?"

Karin smiled as she snuggled closer to him. "I would love it very much."

"Karin!" Korrev's voice suddenly changed. It sounded worried. Angry. Then everything became dark.

Twelve

Korrev had found her. It had taken four months and six days and an endless number of hours, but he had finally found her.

He had driven his warriors mad, as well as the men who took care of the technology in the palace. Korrev had sent more men than he could think of to different planets, some which took days or weeks to reach.

Korrev wasn't an idiot. He knew his men harbored resentment, but he didn't care. All he cared about was having Karin back in his arms. If he had to search under every rock, so be it.

Kyvan had told him multiple times to forget about the blonde, especially since they were getting multiple shipments of human females every few weeks. The last time he had brought up forgetting Karin, he and Kyvan had gotten into a physical altercation. It had taken six guards to pull them apart because Korrev had been blinded by rage,

"The girl is messing with your head," Kyvan finally said with a bloody lip. "Either get her back, or forget about her, because you're not acting like a king ought to act. Your head is all over the place."

So that's what Korrev did. He searched every planet he could. He even asked for favors from people he didn't particularly like, but it had to be done. He was going in blind. Karin didn't have her tracker and she had destroyed the one on the ship.

He had even sent Kyvan back to Earth, to New York City specifically, to see if she had returned. This had made Kyvan unhappy because he had to be away from a very pregnant Alice. He had done so, anyway, because it was the king's wish.

Kyvan had reported back that her apartment had been vacated due to a lack of payment and he had used his human form to inquire about her at her old place of employment. But no one had seen her. It seemed she had not returned to Earth. He didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Kyvan was growing increasingly frustrated as time went on, and it seemed he was lashing out at everyone. He had always been proud of his ability to maintain a cool head, but Karin had taken it away from him.

They had searched every planet nearby, and unfortunately, there was no news of Karin. He didn't think any of the leaders of those planets had her. They would surely fear his wrath if they had her. The ship she had taken had been one of the smaller ones, so she couldn't have gotten far.

One of his men had finally pointed out that they hadn't searched the vacant planets nearby. Korrev felt stupid they hadn't checked them, but then again, he'd never thought Karin would go to an empty planet by choice. Had something gone wrong with the ship? She wasn't always the most coordinated.

They checked some of the smaller planets first, and when they had become unsuccessful, they checked the larger ones. This was the last planet they needed to check near Krotev. Korrev grew uneasy in his seat as the ship landed on the dusty planet. The planet was simply known as Gativ. No one had bothered to inhabit it because it was a dusty, uninterestingplanet. Nothing could grow there. The weather was usually warm and it was farther from the other planets. As a result, very few people visited it and usually for less than an hour.

"We're here, Your Majesty."

Korrev, along with the other warriors, exited the ship. He tried not to get too excited. Karin hadn't been on the other planets. Why on earth would she be on this one?

After splitting the warriors into three different teams, for a faster search, Korrev made his way towards where his group was supposed to go. He, along with the others, were in their gray alien form, not in the human one. They were faster in this form and their senses heightened.

After twenty minutes of walking, he stopped short.Her scent.He recognized it. It was Karin's scent. He would be able to recognize it anywhere.

"Karin!" Korrev roared, hardly recognizing his own voice. It was a mix of terror and hope, with a bit of desperation.

Korrev could hardly believe his luck. Karin was here. After four long months, he had finally found his pet. And this time, he would never let her go. Even if he had to chain himself to her every day.

The king followed her scent, leaving the others behind. They were moving too slowly. He finally found her huddled in one of the bushes like a small animal. She was wearing the same pilot uniform she had stolen four months ago. It was dirty and she desperately needed a bath.

He didn't care. The only thing he could think about was how much he wanted to kiss her and then fuck her into submission.

"Karin!" he roared. If the little brat was pretending to be asleep as a way to plead for mercy, he was going to be pissed. She was already in a boatload of trouble.

But Karin didn't stir, even as he was practically screaming in her ear. It was like she couldn't hear him.

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