Emma's Heart (Brides of Theron 3) (14 page)

Zane looked at Brylon and shook his head before he spoke, “You didn’t inform your mate that we were leaving?”

Brylon
looked like he was feeling really uncomfortable now, “No.”

Zane leaned back an
d looked at the ceiling as he rolled his teal eyes, “Oh Brylon, you are in deep shit now!”

“Would som
eone please explain to me what’s going on,” Emma was growing frustrated at being left out in the cold, “Laura?”

“
Earth wasn’t attacked, Emma. We are far, far away from Earth now.” Laura looked nervously at her friend.

Emma
was frozen as she stared at Laura, “What are you talking about?”

Brylon started
to speak as he looked pleadingly into her eyes, “The ship is on its return journey home and when we came out of a worm hole, we were attacked by our enemy, the Drylons.”

“Why didn’t you tell me we were leavi
ng earth? Didn’t you think I’d want to know? Maybe, you thought that it’s easier to continue to ignore me and keep me in the dark about something that is important as this?” Emma was really becoming pissed off. How could he not tell her they were traveling to back to his planet? It really didn’t matter that they were leaving. She knew this day would come all too soon. What bothered her was that he didn’t have the courage to tell her when they were going? Zane chose at that moment to stick her with the needle he had promised she was getting, but it didn’t register.

“How could you do that to me, Brylon?”

Zane and Laura clearly looked uncomfortable with the tension that was building before them in the room, so Zane took it upon himself to excuse the both of them, “We will leave you two alone.” Neither Brylon nor Emma acknowledged Zane’s comment.

“I a
m sorry, little one. I thought it would be better for you not to tell you that the ship was leaving your world. I didn’t want to upset you any further than you already were. You had already been through so much and I didn’t want to add to it.” He started to reach for her hand which she snatched away from him, as if she had been bitten by a snake.

“I think I am mature
enough to handle the news that we were going to leave. Did it really matter that much anyway? You had already taken me from my home and I knew that I wasn’t going back so what difference did keeping this from me make?” She turned her legs over the side of the bed and slid off so that she stood face to face with him, even though the top of her head only came to the middle of his chest. “You should have cared enough to tell me the truth and not try to keep it from me like you would a little child.” She pushed him out of her way and tried to walk away from him when a wave of dizziness swept over her.

“Emma!”
She could feel his hands on her shoulders as he reached to steady her.

“I’
m okay. Let me go. I want to go lie down for a while.” She rubbed her head then her eyes before she tried to walk again, but the wave of dizziness started to overtake her.

“Let me carry you back
to our quarters, little one.” Without even waiting for her answer him, he picked her up and walked out the infirmary’s door before she could even protest.

“You know, I think that’
s a good idea.” She put her head against his chest just like she had when he brought her to the infirmary, but this time she closed her eyes and listened to the beating of his heart.  It was steady and strong as it thumped against her ear.

Back in the
ir quarters, Brylon laid Emma in their bed, “You need to stay awake for a little bit.  Zane said that you are not to sleep for a couple of hours. The bump on your head was much more serious than you let on.” Down by his feet, she could hear her little rewa jumping up and making noises to get Brylon’s attention, “Come on little girl, get on up here.” He reached down to retrieve the rewa and looked at Emma as he sat next to her on the bed. “What did you decide to name her?”

“Her name in Nana
, and she is very sweet.”

He lifted Nana up to e
ye level so that he could speak to her, “Well, hello there Nana. How are you little rewa? Have you been a good girl for Emma?”

Emma watched as Brylon and Nana played with each other
on the bed. She was amazed at how quickly Nana could accept people, making them instantly fall in love with her. She was so cute with her short furry hair that was pink and stuck out in all directions. Her three lavender colored eyes were wide and curious, and she stood only about six inches tall from head to toe.

“How
big does a rewa normally get?” Emma asked as she tried to suppress a yawn.

He placed Nana
in her lap, “Most of them don’t get any bigger then eighteen inches, though I have seen a few that have grown a bit bigger than that. On my planet, just about everyone has one or two of these furry creatures. They really are wonderful pets because they are so gentle. Come to think of it, I have never heard a reported case of a rewa attacking.” He chuckled as he looked her over. “Why don’t you lay back and relax?” He looked like he was going to leave the room.

Emma reached out for his hand, “Please don’t leave yet,” she pleaded, “Tell me about your home. I would like to know where I will be living.”

He looked surprised by her request, “Do you really want to know?”

“Yes, I do want to know.”

“Well, my world wa
s amazing. The Theron race was a thriving civilization and had many cities.  Theron is about the size of your planet Jupiter and we have two moons that light the sky at night. Did I ever tell you that the color of your hair reminds me of the night sky on my planet?  Anyway, our planet was attacked by the Drylon race about ten years ago with the intention of exterminating us from our galaxy of X-tran and stripping our planet of its natural resources.  They almost succeeded in destroying us altogether and leveled most of the cities. We were not expecting it when they had launched a surprise attack that ended up breaking a peace treaty that had been in place for hundreds of years. We fought back hard, but at a heavy cost.  We lost many of our people including most of our females.  Gatton’s strategy was to eliminate the females on the planet, this way there could be no new babies born and thus, the race would die out. This was the reason that we had to come in search of compatible females, our race is dying and we desperately need mates so that our race can survive,” he took a deep breath to continue, but Emma cut him off.

“I know why you came here
. What I want to know is what does your world look like? Is it green and blue like Earth? Or is dark and gloomy?”

He smiled, “Where
we live now is beautiful. We decided to rebuild our city in the heart of a massive forest where even our homes are built into the trees.  It was partly my idea. You see, the forest is full of energy that we believe is provided by the gods and goddess and we think that they led us there in order to give us a second chance at civilization. We worked day and night until we found a way to co-exist with the forest, to not just take from it, but also to give back to it. My house is built inside a tree about as big around as our quarters here on the ship, but it has several levels. The tree I’ve made my home in stretches about two hundred feet into the sky and has a canopy that is just about as wide as the height of the tree.”

Emma
was painting a picture in her head from Brylon’s description. She tried to picture herself standing inside a tree house of that size, a living breathing tree house. She had her life back on Earth, but now she was given a chance to have a life she never would have dreamed of in a thousand years.  She could have all of this. It could all be hers, if she accepted to live her life with Brylon.

“Can I ask you a question?”

“Of course you can. I will answer any questions that you may have, honestly this time,” he replied.

She was a bit nervous to ask the question that had been gnawing at her for days now but decided to ask it anyway, “Why did you choose me?”

“I wanted you from the first moment that I saw you in that little eating establishment you were working in. You are the most beautiful female creature I have ever seen
, so I had to have you. I’m willing to admit, that the way we went about obtaining mates was not a good choice, but I know that you were made for me. The first time I touched you I felt it. It was a feeling that I had never experienced before, even with females of my own race. You were meant for me, and I intend to make you happy. You may not believe what I’m saying right now, but I have had that intention for us from the very beginning.” He wasn’t sure what else to say to her.

They sat
on the bed not moving, not touching, and not speaking for a while. He wanted to move in closer and take her face in his hands and kiss her, but he wasn’t sure how she would react to it after his recent revelation. Maybe, he should take the chance anyway and hope for the best. Maybe, now wasn’t the time to consider making a move on her. It was like he had a little devil on one shoulder telling him to make a move and on the other shoulder, the angel was pleading with him to take it slow and let her make the first move. 

The debating in his head stopped, when w
ithout warning Emma shifted her body until she was up on her knees looking into his eyes. She had pulled in her bottom lip between her teeth and was chewing on it as if she were trying to keep a secret. She inched closer until her knee was touching his muscular thigh while her hand rested on his forearm as she gave it a bit of a squeeze.

Brylon turned his body
so that he was facing her. The tension in the air was growing as each of them was waiting for the other to make the next move. He wanted her so badly, wanted to feel her naked body pressed up against his. He wanted to explore every inch of her. Suddenly he felt the impulse to reach out and grab the sides of her face and pull her lips towards him. A second later he crushed her lips with his in a fierce kiss that set his body on fire.  This fire was starting to consume him. He had to have her now.

He laid her down on the bed and covered her body with his.
He ran his tongue over her lips, tasting her, and when her lips parted for the tiniest of seconds, his tongue darted inside the warmth of her mouth. He deepened their kiss as much as he could until even that wasn’t good enough any longer, he desired more.

“Gods Emma
, I want you so much.” He had pulled back a fraction of an inch so that he could see her face when he told her that. Her eyes were wide with uncertainty as he watched her listen to what he said to her. At that moment it seemed that her senses came flooding back to her.

“Brylon, I…umm…”

Brylon had felt her stop moving as she struggled with something she wanted to tell him. He looked into her eyes, “What is it my love?”

Emma bit her bottom lip
.  She looked to be very anxious, trying to find the words that were eluding her at the moment. She looked away from his eyes as she spoke, “I…umm… I have never…” she just couldn’t get the words out and she started to blush as if she were experiencing embarrassment.

It slowly dawned on Brylon what Emma was trying to tell him. A sexy
as hell smile spread across his face before he said in a deep husky voice, “Oh my love, you needn’t say it. I understand what you are trying to tell me. But, as much as I want to take you right now, I think we should wait until we are on Theron.” He leaned down again and captured her lips in his. He needed to remove himself from the room now, if he planned on keeping his promise. “You need to rest and I need to see to the rest of the ship’s repairs to make her ready for our journey. It will not take that much longer for us to arrive at Theron. A few hours and we should be there. You look well enough for me to leave you alone, so I want you to rest for a bit.” He kissed her lips quickly once again then rolled his body off of hers.

“Will you be alright until I c
an return for you?” He looked embarrassed to be asking her this, but she smiled at him for the first time.

“I will be fine. I think I
am feeling a little better.  The pain in my head has gone away somewhat, but I think I will take a nap.” She was still smiling at him as he pulled the covers up over her shoulder. “Besides, I have Nana to keep me company.”

He lightly stroked
the side of her face, “Good, I am happy to hear that. I will return for you when the ship has arrived at Theron.”

“
Wait, I want to ask you one more question before you leave.” He stopped dead in his tracks and looked at her with his hands firmly on the door frame, “How old are you?” she asked.

Brylon had been waiting for her to ask him that question.
Zeb had told him the story about when Avery asked Zeb how old he was along with the response she had given him when he told her. “I am one hundred and twenty five Theron years old.” He got the reaction he had been waiting for. Those beautiful green eyes widened until he thought they were going to pop right out of her head, and her mouth dropped open without a sound. “Would you like to know what that translates into Earth years?” She nodded her head in response and waited.

“Well, if I had been born on your planet, I would be about four hundred years old.
I am quite an old man by your Earth standards, but I’m considered to be young on Theron.” He was going to leave her with that thought and not say another word. It would give her something to think and wonder about.