Page 30 of Alien Knight Steals the Bride

Juliette opened her eyes just a fraction. It was enough to let him know she still lived.

Torrin looked to Falden when nothing happened, his brows raised in question.

Falden stared back, his face tight with tension. “Do you yield to Juliette Rosen?”

Torrin didn’t hesitate. “I yield.”

One half of the ancient runes on Torrin’s blade began to glow. Lightning arced from the pommel and struck Torrin in the heart, maintaining the connection between his body and the sword. Torrin arched back from the electrical current.

“Juliette Rosen,” Falden said urgently, repeating the ritual words as quickly as he dared. “Do you submit to the yielding? Are you willing to yield all that you are to become something more with Torrin? Do you yield your heart to him? Your mind? Your soul? Your life?”

Juliette whispered, “I do.”

The second half of the ancient runes on the blade began to glow with the same eerie light. A second arc of lightning lashed out from the pommel and struck Juliette in the heart, holding the connection between her body and the sword. She, too, convulsed, arching her back as electrical current race through her body.

A third arc of lightning lashed out from the pommel and struck the top of the orb. Heat waves danced in the air. Deafening thunder cracked, the vibration shaking everything within hearing distance.

Juliette and Torrin were lifted, as if by an unseen hand, to float in midair. Forks of lightning struck Torrin, then passed back through Juliette, wrapping itself like tentacles around their bodies, binding them more and more tightly together.

“Torrin,” Juliette cried out.

I am here, my love. Hear me. Mind to mind.

I-I can hear you, Torrin. How is that possible?

We are connected. Joined. My strength is now your strength, just as yours is now mine. I am stronger and faster than most. I heal almost instantly. Now all that I have is yours. Can you feel my love for you?

Yes. Yes. Oh, Torrin. I’ve been such a fool. Please forgive me.

We’ve both been foolish. That is in the past. We are together now. We are one.

I love you.

You are my everything, Juliette. I want to stay here with you forever, but we are in danger. I feel a great enemy approaching.

Juliette opened her eyes and turned her face to the North.Yes. I can feel them coming. What are they?

They are A’nua Na-KI, my love. They survive on the blood of others. They have no life-force energy, so are almost magnetically attracted to it. We must wake. Get out of here.

Yes. I understand.

Chapter Fourteen

Abruptly, the electrical current disappeared, dropping Torrin and Juliette unceremoniously to the hard ground. Heavy, cold rain splattered across their faces.

Torrin was the first to open his eyes. Gathering Juliette into his arms, he leaned over her to protect her from the torrential downpour. “Falden! Enough with the rain!”

Falden lowered his sword, sheathing the blade in the scabbard strapped to his back. Slowly the rain let up until only a fine, misty drizzle remained.

Stroking Juliette’s cheek with the tips of his fingers, Torrin brushed his lips lightly against hers.

Juliette’s arms snaked around his neck, pulling him toward her for more.

He groaned, wanting nothing more than to take her back to the small cargo ship they’d stolen and pleasure her until she was too hoarse to scream. Instead, he nipped her full bottom lip. “Juliette.”

“Mmm,” she mumbled, still not fully aware of her surroundings.

“My love, we must move from here. The A’nua Na-KI are coming.”

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