Alien Romance: Caught By The Alien: Scifi Alien Abduction Romance Standalone (Alien Invasion Romance) (Heavenly Claimed Book 3) by Bertina Mars

Please.”
    Maya felt her own world crumbling.  Tears sprang in her eyes, but she didn’t argue.  She knew he was right.  This wasn’t her world and he couldn’t abandon his duty.  Though it ripped her heart out, she would agree with his plan, even though it meant parting with him forever.  There was no other choice.
     
    * * *   
     
    The ragged smuggler eyed Maya suspiciously as he ran the scanner over her body.  She ignored him and stared down at her feet, wishing that she was anywhere but his rank-smelling metal shed that was the smuggling gang’s hideout. 
    As part of the deal to get her off the planet, the smugglers had insisted they do a scan with their equipment to make sure she wasn’t implanted with any kind of tracking device or contraband before they agreed to take her aboard their ship.
    The smuggler finished his inspection and looked at the results on the scanner’s tiny monitor.  He gave a satisfied nod.  “We will take her to Earth’s nearest frontier base,” he said in a gruff voice, “but it will cost six thousand rubies.”                                 
    “That’s twice than what we agreed,” Vron growled from where he stood in the shadows.  “Why the increase?”
    The smuggler gave Maya a knowing look.  “That was before we knew we’d be taking two of them along?”
    “What are you talking about?” Vron snapped, coming forward to join Maya.
    Her heart did a somersault as she guessed what the smuggler was saying.  “Vron, I think he means the baby.”
    Vron looked at her, baffled.  “What?”
    “I wasn’t sure,” she said, her legs trembling.  “But something felt different.”
    “See for yourself,” the smuggler said, showing him the scanner.  “Two passengers mean twice the price.”
    Vron stared at the device for a long time, and then something happened to his face that Maya had never seen before.  He was grinning with joy.
    “No,” he said sharply.  “You will be taking three passengers.”
    Maya stared at him, unable to comprehend what he was saying.  “You mean?”
    “I can’t send you off on your own now,” Vron replied.
    “You’re, you’re smiling, are you not mad?”
    Vron let out a booming laugh that startled everybody, and scooped her up in his arms.  He squeezed her in a protective bear hug and she got her answer there and then.
     
     

 
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 7: A New Beginning
     
     
    The stars outside the window of Frontier Base Olma seemed to glow with a softer light than those in the sky of Raja-kell, Maya thought to herself.  Ever since leaving that planet she had felt a lightness of spirit, as if the sinister presence of the Blood God had faded away. 
    Her heart still ached for Tia and the other girls, but there was nothing she could do about that now.  She had a new life to protect, and besides once they got back to Earth they would approach the Unity Government for help.  Vron had brought quite a sizable fortune with him, and with it they hoped to try and bring freedom to his home world.
    Vron. 
    She still couldn’t believe that he’d come with her, or that she was carrying his baby.  It was like a dream made real.  She had the man she truly loved and was going to start a family with him.  To think, none of this would have ever happened if she hadn’t been thrown out of the army and then kidnapped.
    Behind her, the sound of the running shower stopped and she heard Vron pad into the bedroom of their quarters while they were on the station.  She turned to feast her eyes on his gorgeous body, wrapped only in a small towel, and smiled at him.
    “I know that look,” he said with a chuckle.  He came over to her and slipped his arms around her waist, caressing her skin through the skimpy, silk night gown that she wore.
    She leaned forward and gave him a chaste kiss on the lips.  “You should do that more often,” she said.
    “Do what?” he asked.
    “Smiling,” she replied breezily,