by Maia Starr
Everyone stopped and turned to see a bank employee being escorted out by to council guards. I had a calm smile on my face. Pretending that nothing was wrong. I wanted to faint, but I couldn't. That would be a sign of guilt. Anyone that came to attend me would see my blue belly. I had to keep it together. Keep it together, Imuna, keep it together, I said silently to myself over and over as I walked out of the bank with everyone looking at me. It was unnerving, as if the anxiety wasn't enough.
I couldn't blame Gina for turning me in. I was sure that the secret was putting a lot of pressure on her. I never should have called her to diagnose me, but I truly didn't know what was wrong at the moment. I didn't know that my diagnosis would be treason, for being pregnant with an alien baby. Gina turning me in would give her some sort of free pass of getting out of trouble; she had only been doing her duty as a doctor after all. The fact that she had turned me in would mean that she had showed herself a loyal subject of the council. She would only be protecting herself, and I couldn't hate her for that.
The entire walk to the council building, I was trying to think of things in my defense, but I couldn't think of anything. I definitely could not name the father. Even though I hated Evex for taking me from Earth and seducing me, I didn't want him to get into trouble. There was a part of me that cared for him; he was the father of the child I was carrying after all.
“Imuna Parker, please have a seat,” Councilor Vilox said as I walked into his office.
“Thank you.”
“I know that you have been through a lot recently. We have found out some information, but I'm sure you know that is why you are here,” he said looking at me.
I nodded yes. There was no use in denying it. That would only make things worse. I just wanted to get it over with. I just wanted to know what was going to happen to me and what would happen to my baby. The longer I waited for him to say it, the more anxiety I felt. It was obvious that he knew everything.
“This information is very upsetting. We are practicing complete confidence with this information, and we expect for you to do the same. Tell no one,” he said.
Again, I just nodded my head yes. There was no point in making this harder on myself.
“Good, so let's get started.”
I took a deep breath, ready to gear my punishment and my fate. This would be my last taste of freedom, sitting here as a free woman.
“We summoned you because we have the full report of your husband’s unfortunate accident.”
I looked at him with wide eyes. Holy crap. I wasn't there because he knew I was pregnant! I was so relieved. I wanted to jump up and down with joy. But I had to restrain myself. I took a deep breath.
“I know this is upsetting for you,” he said pushing a box of tissues my way. I grabbed one and held it to my face. He had no idea the relief that I felt.
“Go on,” I said.
“We found the data recorder from your husband’s ship. It offered us a lot of information that we did not have before. It seems he made an unauthorized stop, but we do not have the coordinates for the stop. But we have the record of the ship stopping and starting, and that leads us to believe that he stopped. Once we had that information, we kept on digging into the data. We then discovered that there was foul play with his instruments and the cargo that he was carrying was stolen,” he said.
“Foul play? So you are saying that my husband was murdered?” I said shocked.
“It is possible, yes. There is something else, Mrs. Parker. This is harder for us to say. Just know that most of the wives do not know this.”
“Know what? Tell me,” I said getting angry. I was already so confused that anyone would want to murder my husband. He was simply a pilot that drove ships that carried goods from one place to another.
Vilox sighed. “Your husband wasn’t just a trade pilot transporting goods. He was a spy for us; an intergalactic spy.”
My mouth fell open. Suddenly it all made sense. The way my husband would give very little information about his trips. He would talk long about the geography and look of a planet, but not the actual trip and mission. He was always quick to change the subject. How could he keep such a secret from me?
“That can’t be…” I whispered. It was the only thing I could say.
“It is true. The cargo that your husband was carrying wasn’t just goods. He carried coins, but they were a decoy. The real cargo was a disc of classified data. We cannot find that data in the wreckage. So it was either destroyed in the explosion, or that was what the stop was for. Someone stopped him to take that data,” he said.
“I can’t believe this. This isn’t right. This can’t be true,” I said to myself.
“I know it is hard to hear. But know that your husband kept this secret from you because he was a loyal soldier. You must know that,” he said.
Tears fell down my cheeks. I felt like I didn’t know my husband at all. He felt like a stranger to me.
“What else? Is that all you have for me?” I asked.
“Yes, that is all we have in our report. If we find out more, then we will let you know,” he said.
“I think that I need to go home. I don’t feel well,” I said feeling like I was going to hyperventilate.
“Yes, of course. Guard!” Vilox said.
“Yes, Councilor?”
“Please see that Mrs. Parker is escorted home to her front door. She has received distressing news and does not feel well.”
“Yes of course. And your meeting has just arrived,” the guard said.
“Now? He is an hour early. Very well, make sure he is escorted into the council chambers,” Vilox said.
“Yes, sir,” the guard said. Then he held his hand out to help me to my feet. I allowed the guard to escort me out of the office and down the hall where he gave another guard the orders to take me home.
I walked with this guard down the hallway; I was trembling. The information that I had just been given was still processing in my mind. I was still trying to understand it all; my husband was a spy. It was too much to handle. One moment I thought that I was going to be put in prison and found out that I was pregnant. Then to find out that my husband had been keeping such a big secret from me. Not only that but that he had possibly been murdered. It was an emotional roller-coaster, and I needed to lie down on my bed in order to understand it all. I had to coerce myself into putting one foot in front of the other as I walk down the hall. Then out of nowhere, I heard a familiar deep voice.
“This way to the chambers…”
“Yes, I am well aware,” the deep voice said.
As we turned the corner, I came face-to-face with Evex. He stood on the other side of the hallway being led by a guard in the opposite direction. I froze staring at him. Was this really happening? Or was it my imagination from all the emotional turmoil that I had just been through? Was this a breakdown?
He stood there for a moment, but then kept walking. He looked at me up and down; the side of his lips curled into a deviant smile.
I felt my escort slightly nudge me on the back and whisper over my ear, “Yes, it is quite a shock to see an Ition this close, isn't it? Just keep going.”
I nodded my head yes and then took slow steps forward, turning my head to look at Evex. His brown eyes looked at me as he continued walking. His blue-black hair moved with every step, as it was swept to the side. He looked taller, bigger than what I had remembered. His stiff gray uniform was pressed tightly against his firm and toned body.
A part of me wanted to run into his arms and hug him. That part of me wanted the instant relief of feeling safe. I wanted to tell him that I was carrying his child and for him to take me away and take care of the child in myself. But the other part of me hated him. I wanted to scream and punch against his chest. It was a battle inside of me, and I couldn't do either thing. All I could do was continue walking. Slowly, I got to the end of the hallway, and he was completely out of sight. His presence had left me breathless; I was in such disbelief that we had jus
t crossed paths. What was he doing on Earth? Did he come here often? He could have been here many times since he got rid of me. How would I know? He was a leader of an Ition clan after all.
When I finally got home and sent the guard away, I had time to process all of it. But all I could do was cry. I started looking around my home for any sign that Sion had been a spy. I couldn't find anything, but then again, I couldn't get into his computer records in his office. Those were sealed by his password and the council had come to do a sweep of our home after his death, I thought they were just looking for anything he may have taken for his pilot duties; now I know the truth.
I went to my room and laid down on my side, curling my knees toward me. I put my hands on my belly, sheltering my child as though trying to shelter it from all the sadness I was feeling. I had confusion in my heart and anger on my mind. I couldn't believe that Sion was a spy and had died because of it. I couldn't believe that Evex was just down the street in the council building. There was too much to go over and process; I couldn't do any of it. I was too exhausted. Before I knew it, I fell asleep; the turbulent emotional day had taken its toll on a woman that was pregnant with an alien child.
Chapter Nine
Evex Ein
When I saw the human female Imuna, I felt my entire body turn hot. I even felt my cock stir; my body wanted her. There was nothing that I could do to stop those feelings from happening, and seeing her in the flesh let me know that I still had that desire for her. It was a shock to see her in that hallway; I wasn't expecting it. I didn't know what she was doing at the council building, but I didn't care. I let my eyes get their fill of her. I was suddenly very glad that Councilor Vilox had called this meeting. At least one good thing had come from it; I got to see Imuna. Now I knew I had to see her. I knew that I would visit her that night, I had to. I couldn't leave Earth without touching her again. Just thinking about it made my mouth water.
“Thank you for coming to the council meeting, Leader Ein,” Councilor Vilox said.
I sat down in the same chamber that I always sat in.
“Yes, I had to rearrange some scheduling conflicts, but I am here. Now tell me what I can do for you, Councilor Vilox?”
“I have some very delicate questions to ask you,” he said.
“I am ready. What is this all about?”
“We want to ask you about one of our pilots. A Sion Parker; he was a pilot on a mission almost three months ago. His ship exploded upon reentry.”
“This is the first that I am hearing of it. Why do you ask me about one of your own pilots, Councilor Vilox? This does not make sense to me.”
“Yes, of course. The reason that I have called you in is because we have found information from his ship. It seems the pilot made an unscheduled stop. The vicinity of the stop was along the path that your ships tend to take. We are wondering if you saw anything? Whatever you can tell us. It's possible that our pilot stopped on an asteroid, or someone else's ship, a larger ship. We don't have the details. It is a puzzle that we are putting together. He didn't stop on your ship, did he?”
I could tell that he was fishing for information in a way that was meant to be deceiving. He wasn't just judging my answers; he was judging my body movements and posture. He was waiting to see if I grew nervous. He was waiting to see how long it took me to answer these questions. I could tell that he thought that the pilot had stopped on my ship, but he wasn't going to say that. He wasn't going to create tension.
“No. He did not. If he had, I would have been alerted to it. I am sorry about your pilot. You said that he had an accident upon reentry; was that entry at his destination, or upon return?”
“Return. It was entry to Earth.”
“Well then, it seems that there would be information from your bases, perhaps even on the moon. But I will search my logs to see if there is any information of a human ship passing any of our ships. If you give me the information on the type of ship your pilot was driving, that would be helpful in my search.”
Councilor Vilox was quiet. He looked at me, processing what I had just said, but trying to look deeper to see if I was lying. Of course, I was, but nothing gave that away.
“I will give you that information before you leave the council building.”
“Why did you need me to be here in person to ask me about one pilot? That does not make sense to me. I assume that with the travel that the humans do, you must lose a few Pilots here and there over and over. We have never been summoned before when you lose a pilot. I understand wanting to know about the unscheduled stop he may have made, but why could you not ask me this over communication?”
“It is a delicate matter, Leader Ein. One that I cannot give you a straight answer to. It is a classified case. I can't have that kind of information leak over the communication lines. I hope that you will understand and can make some use of this meeting on Earth.”
“Yes, I have already seen to it. I have me in buying some much-needed mechanical parts. I was going to do it when I came for the scheduled meeting we have on the books, but since we were coming to Earth…”
“Of course. Then I will hold you no longer. Please see to your needs, and if you will wait just a minute longer, I will get the information about the ship type our pilot was driving.”
“Take your time.”
He got up from the table and walked to the door where he whispered something. Then he came back inside.
“The information is being gathered for you on a disc that you can use with Ition technology,” he said.
“Good. Thank you.”
A few minutes later, I was walking out with a disc of information about the pilot that I had killed. It was ironic, but this was what happened in a cold war. It wasn't all-out battle; it was secrets, lies, and deception. We were enemies pretending to be friends.
But as soon as I left, I took the disc back to my ship and waited for nightfall. I wasn't going to leave without seeing her. I had to. I couldn't get her off my mind since I saw her in the hallway.
Later that night, I walked onto the familiar terrace. It was where my obsession with this human female all started. I walked to the glass doors; they were unlocked. I walked in. It was dark and quiet inside the apartment. I wondered if she was even there. I walked around the human rooms. Empty. It didn't seem as though anyone was truly living in there at all. Yes, there was furniture, but not really signs of life. It was strange; it was cold.
Finally, I found the bedroom; the figure lying on the bed was unmistakably hers. Her ample mounds sticking out from underneath the soft sheet that covered her. I moved to her, remembering what I had done before. I put my hand on her ankle and moved it up her leg, softly touching her. My cock grew hard instantly. Damn my body missed her. I continued moving my hand up; she let out a soft whimper in her sleep.
“Imuna…” I whispered.
“Evex…” She responded. But her eyes were still closed; she was asleep. This gave me great pleasure to know that she knew my voice even in a deep sleep. Perhaps she was even dreaming about me. I'd like to know that. I pressed my lips against hers. I kissed her with soft movements brushing my lips back and forth over hers. She moaned and kissed me back. But then I felt her become awake.
“What? Am I dreaming?” she said waking up and pushing back from me.
“I had to see you.”
She scrambled from the bed, in a panic. She stood up and turned on the lamp. Her green eyes were wide as she looked at me.
“Are you crazy? You cannot be here! It is dangerous, for both of us.”
“I don't mind the danger. I am an Ition. I live for danger.”
“No, you don't understand. There are things that you don't know about. I just need you to leave. Please go now,” she said.
“What things? Are you expecting someone else?” I looked toward the door feeling immense anger and jealousy. If another male walked through that door as her lover, I would have to kill him. I wouldn't be able to control my jealousy. This human was mine; no one
else could have her.
“What? No, there’s no one else. I just need you to go,” she said.
“There better not be anyone else, Imuna.”
“There is not,” she said as she moved over to me. She put her hands on my chest trying to push me back out of the room. But she was weak; I didn't even take a step backward. But having her touch me was exactly what I wanted. I put my hands on top of her hands and move them up and down my chest.
“It feels very good to have you touch me again, Imuna. I have thought about nothing else since your return to Earth. I can still feel your kiss on me every night before I sleep. I want to be inside you again and again. You are all that I think about. I made a mistake returning you to Earth, but it was your wish. I wanted you to be happy, especially after the sadness that I saw on your face all the time,” I whispered looking down at her.
