Zaureth: A SciFi Alien Romance (Enigma Series Book 4) by Ditter Kellen Page B

eyes, told her she’d struck a nerve. “In a sense, I suppose that he is.”
    The corner of Amy’s mouth lifted. “You’re jealous.”
    “Yes,” Zaureth admitted, pulling her in front of him. “I do not want to lose your affections to another male.”
    Amy could see both their reflections in the mirror. She couldn’t take her gaze off Zaureth’s handsome face. “That’s the way I felt when I saw how beautiful the Bracadyte women were. How can I compete with that?”
    “I have no interest in any other but you,” Zaureth confessed, crossing his arms across her shoulders and tugging her back against him. “You have captivated me.”
    Amy opened her mouth to tell him how much he meant to her, but a light tap on the door cut her off.
    “Zaureth?” Oz’s muffled voice called out from the hall. “We must ready the yacht, and Abbie insists on checking your wound before we go.”
    Amy inwardly cringed. Though she wanted nothing more than to stand here all night and listen to Zaureth confess his inner most feelings, his injury came first.
    “Go, let Abbie check you over,” Amy insisted, pulling free of Zaureth’s embrace. “The sooner we get ready to go, the quicker we’ll be safely in Aukrabah.”

Chapter Seventeen
     
    Zaureth returned to his room shortly after the sun had already risen. He gathered his few belongings, took a quick shower, and hurried to check on Amy.
    “ Are you awake?” he sent through their connection, not wanting to startle her.
    The door immediately opened. “I’ve been awake for hours,” Amy verbally responded with a chuckle. “Is the boat ready?”
    Zaureth found her grin contagious. He smiled in return, even though she couldn’t see it. “It is. Oz arranged for the special dive gear that you will wear. He is concerned that you are not familiar with diving, but I assured him I would be with you every step of the way.”
    “I trust you,” she murmured, touching him on the arm. “How is your injury this morning?”
    “It is healing quite nicely. Are those your things on the foot of the bed?”
    At Amy’s nod, Zaureth trailed across the room and arranged her small stack of clothes into the bag he’d brought with him. “The others left several hours ago. Oz will be taking us to the drop point, along with Anthony Vaughn, Naura, Hauke, and Abbie. We leave within the hour.”
    “What about Arcanum?” Amy asked, inching her way toward him. “And does Tony know about Naura’s pregnancy?”
    Zaureth shrugged. “I am not sure if Naura has confessed her condition to Anthony Vaughn. But I do know that Klause and Laurel took Arcanum with them before sunrise.”
    Amy’s eyebrows lifted. “Is Abbie okay with that?”
    Zaureth nodded. “She felt that Arcanum would be safer beneath the gulf with hundreds of Bracadytes than with a few of us on a boat.”
    “A wise decision,” Amy agreed. “My toiletries are on the bedside table.”
    Zaureth gathered her toiletries and added them to the bag as well before sealing it up. “Are you ready, little one?”
    The look on Amy’s face was like a kick to Zaureth’s gut. The innocent excitement, the open trust, and guileless smile combined to take his breath.
    Foreign feelings, swirling through his body, keeping his feet rooted to that spot. He couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe. His heart beat rapidly inside his chest, and his throat had gone dry.
    Zaureth was grateful in that moment that Amy couldn’t see his face. She would no doubt change her mind about going with him.
    He forced himself forward. “I am ready. Are you certain that this is what you want to do?”
    Amy reached up and looped her arm through his. “Absolutely certain. Lead the way.”
     
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    Amy and Zaureth arrived at the yacht ten minutes later. The sight of the giant boat elicited a gasp from Amy. Zaureth could feel her amazement as if it were his own.
    “Where are the others?”
    Zaureth glanced back toward the hotel. “They should be along shortly.” He