ALIEN ROMANCE: Ursa (Paranormal Science Fiction BBW Alpha Male Romance) by Katina Vader, Serena Vale Page A

out a way to Alexei alone, and give him what he wants. He wants to cut ties with the Bratva ? Then the Bratva will cut him, do you understand?”
    Chloe couldn’t hear anything else after that, as the men walked back into the cabin. They were talking about Alexei! Instinctively, she placed a hand over her stomach, right over the spot where she suspected their child was growing inside of her.
    So, the rumors she had dug up were true after all. He was trying to go clean, trying to be a better man. And they were trying to stop him, for good. The thought of anyone harming Alexei had tears burning unexpectedly in her amber colored eyes. Hastily she swiped them away. She had no time for that, not when Alexei’s life was on the line. And probably her own, if she couldn’t figure out a way to get off of this plane alive. Chloe sat in the dark, and began to plan.

Chapter 6
    Chloe jolted awake as the tires of the plane jumped along the landing strip, causing her to jostle her incredibly sore and stiff body. She had no idea how long she had been doubled over underneath the large lavatory cabinet, but she desperately wanted out. No, she needed out, she realized as the claustrophobia she had been battling started to creep back, making her already frazzled body flood with another rush of adrenaline.
    The plane finally slowed, and then stopped completely, and before long she could here the sounds of the men grow fainter and fainter, and then blessedly, nothing. Silence rang for a long time before she could work of the courage, or the strength, to crawl out of her hiding space. Slowly, cautiously, she opened the door just a crack. No sound greeted her.
    She barely held back a moan of pain as she eased herself out from underneath the cabinet, trying to stretch out unused legs that had long since fallen asleep.  It took several more moments, and several more minutes of swearing under her breath as she tried to stand, pins and needles shooting across her body. Finally, she was up. Chloe tried to take a step, but stumbled, having to catch herself against the lavatory door. From now on, I’m flying first class only , she promised herself as she tried to get her legs to take another step.
    Eventually, she made it out the luxurious lavatory and back out into the main cabin. She ran to the spot where she had left her small bag, fortunately still undiscovered where it sat hidden where she had left it near the back of the cabin. A rush of gratitude that she had turned her cell phone off flooded through her. If that phone had rung…
    She hurriedly dug through the bag, finding the cell phone, and hastily turned it on. She had to reach Alexei, to warn him. Those men had sounded like they weren’t going to wait around to try and kill him, and Chloe meant to reach him first.
    Quickly, she pulled up the phone number she had found while digging up information on him, hoping that he would be at his office. She dialed it, and prayed desperately as it rang once, twice, three times. Finally, someone answered.
    “Hello? Who is this? How did you get this number?”
    Chloe sighed in relief at the sound of Alexei’s gruff voice. It sounded like music to her ears.
    “Alexei, it’s me, Chloe.” She heard him gasp.
    “Chloe? Are you okay? Really, how did you get this number, it’s supposed to be secure,” he chuckled roughly into the phone. “You really are good at your job, I guess.”
    “Listen, Alexei. I don’t have time. Just listen, the Bratva are planning on have you killed.”
    There was a moment of complete silence before he spoke again. “How could you possibly know that, Chloe?”
    “It’s a long story, and I really don’t have time to explain right now, but they’re sending someone name Sergio after you.” From his brisk inhale, she assumed that he recognized the name. The loud sound of a passing jet engine temporarily stopped their conversation.
    “Where the hell are you, Chloe? I tried to keep you out of this,” he sighed