Page 71 of Seeded By Two

I had come to be mated and Seated, for nothing else complicated to happen in my life.

Instead, the most confusing situation had taken place.

He handed me a handkerchief so I could wipe my eyes and blow my nose.

“I’m sorry,” I said between honks. “I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean to attack you like that.”

I finally managed to control myself.

He shook his head softly. “It’s all right, Beth. I realize what you’ve gone through could not have been easy.”

I had shoved one corner of the handkerchief up my nose and immediately froze upon hearing my name.

I ran my eyes over him, but he was not wearing the gray uniform of Facility employees.

In fact, he didn’t strike me as an employee at all.

“How do you know my name?” I asked.

“Oh, we know much more about you than your name, Beth.”

Two figures stepped from a doorway and my senses went on high alert.

They were human too and I suddenly felt things were not all right in Kansas.

I sensed something much deeper was afoot here than I realized.

The human male I had slobbered over motioned towards the doorway. “Will you please come with us? We have much to tell you and not a great deal of time.”

I hadn’t moved a muscle and neither had they.

If they had, I would’ve taken off like a shot, racing to some safer space, but the fact they hadn’t accosted me at least gave me some confidence they meant me no harm.

“Who are you?” I said.

“My name is Jeffrey. These are my colleagues. Jeremy and James. We’re with the ISA. Can you come with us, please?”

The ISA?

The intergalactic spy agency had informants everywhere, keeping tabs on every person of importance throughout the galaxy.

What would they want with me?

“Am I in trouble?” I asked.

“No,” he said. “But you may be in great danger if you do not learn the truth.”

Curious but wary, I let him usher me toward the doorway.

The other two figures filtered in behind us, keeping watch.

It was a regular suite, but empty.

Jeffrey approached the drinks cabinet and poured me a strong whiskey — he must have brought the human alcohol himself as I had not seen any of it in the suite earlier.

He went on to tell me a fantastic story.

One that I was skeptical of at first but as he revealed more details, I came to believe it was the truth.

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