Lib Novel Page 31
He didn’t even grunt and Nia realized that somehow, in the process, she ended up fully on her back.
The henchman gripped her arms, holding them down.
“I’m not one of them, ta’ii.”
It was a rich, deep voice.
One that made her pause.
Well, he definitely didn’t sound like one of them, that was for sure.
They sounded neither male nor female, but he…he was definitely male.
His voice was a deep vibration that tickled her ears and made her hyperaware.
“I’m here to help you.”
What?
Some of the fight within her limbs died a little, but she wasn’t completely convinced.
She knew no one here, and none of the aliens on the ship were on her side. So who the hell was he?
“We have to be quick. There’s not much time to get you out of here.”
She didn’t dare to believe. After all, she couldn’t even see his face.
But it hit her then that he wasn’t trying to restrain her. He seemed to only be holding her down so she’d stop kicking.
He was certainly strong enough to lift her upright and force her to walk, but he wasn’t doing that.
“And what the phek did you hit me with?”
One strong arm reached up and touched her shoe.
His fingers brushed hers as he moved them over the shoe, and Nia jerked once more to release herself from his grasp.
“Your foot covering.” A rumble of a laugh vibrated against her belly. “You hit me with your foot covering?”
Apparently, she hadn’t hit him with it hard enough.
Nia jerked against him one more time, trying to wring her hands from his grasp.
“Don’t fight.,” he said. “I don’t want to hold you too hard and accidentally hurt you. I’m on your side.”
Nia stiffened again.
“I—Who are you?” She jerked her hand in his grasp once more. “And why should I believe you?”
There was a pause, and he made a sound she couldn’t put a meaning to.
“I can’t understand you,” he finally said. “Your language upload…I do not have it in my translator. But you can understand me, can’t you? Riv’s mate, La-rehn, could understand me.”
Nia’s eyes widened and she froze. He knew Lauren.
“Who are you?”
He didn’t answer.