I run to Marc. “Come with me.” He keeps walking with Sean stumbling alongside him. “He’s not going to make it if you try to go back. They won’t even help him if you were to make it.” He doesn’t acknowledge me, pushing on. “Please. Trust me, Marc. We can help him. Just don’t—” I tug him, shaking my head and swallowing my words. “Just come on.”
He ignores me as he keeps going.
“Come on, Marc,” Luke says. “Before she starts crying and begging again. We can help.”
Marc stops. “Help how? How can you help with this?” he asks with a stabbing anger in his raspy voice.
“Please,” I beg. “Just trust me. He’ll be okay.”
Sean’s grumbles turn into a husky groan, sounding similar to the Zombie’s snarls. Marc looks at him then back to me.
“We have to hurry,” I say. “And we’re your only option for his survival.”
Marc gives in and throws Sean over his shoulder. He follows Luke and me through the hills toward the reflecting eyes of the coyote. It leads us on, and we’re soon surrounded by the hills, unable to be seen, should someone come looking. Only the scattered moonlight illuminates our path.
The coyote stops and waits.
Marc lays Sean on the ground as he catches his breath. Sean snarls, bones grinding as he cringes, face filling with black veins while his eyes go dark.
The blue and green particles blow around us, and Marc instantly pulls Sean from the ground. He mutters angrily. “What the hell, Kylie?”
“Just wait, Marc, please,” I beg, tears streaming from my eyes. He knows my betrayal and our secret, and we will now be enemies. I just hope he’ll understand, one day, that I gave up everything for him.
The silhouettes appear, taking male forms, turning whole. “Why have you called us here, Lukahn?” one asks, sounding like Talock, the Vojin that threatened me in the burrow.
“It’s you!” Marc accuses, throwing Sean’s arm over his shoulders. “The two of you are part of them. Traitors.” I can’t see his eyes because of the goggles, and the betrayal in his voice is strong enough for me to be grateful for that.
“I know, I’m sorry,” I say to Marc. “I just wanted to help Sean. Just let them save him.”
He backs away, pulling a stumbling Sean with him.
“Please, Marc, let me help. Just trust me, please,” I say, walking toward him.
“Stop your begging, Kylie Alexander. We will not help,” one of the Vojin says from behind me. I whip around. “Why not!?” I snap.
“They are what we want to end.”
“No! You will help!” I jab my finger toward them. “You will help him, please,” I beg. “After everything Luke and I have done. After what you did to us. You will save him right now!” I demand. “Take it out, fix him. Please.” I beg Marc, “Let them help him. We’re talking about your brother’s survival. Don’t be stubborn.”
Marc lowers Sean, holding him back from snapping at him.
I beg the Vojin still unconvinced, “Do this, and we’ll do whatever you want.”
To Be Continued in Salient Invaders… I hope you enjoyed reading Imminent Threat. Please leave a review on Amazon. Just a short line goes a long way in helping authors. I greatly appreciate it, and I’ll see you in book 2!
Their secret is out. Will Sean get the help he needs from a new enemy Kylie and Luke have learned can’t be trusted? Will Marc forgive Kylie for her connection with the alien invader who are threatening the life of humanity? Will Luke and Kylie get their revenge on the Vojin for murdering their parents? Find out in Salient Invaders, book 2 of The Separation Trilogy, Salient Invaders now!
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