Trex made no mention of that.Something is really off here.
The medic’s eyes and body began to transform right in front of me. I watched with morbid fascination as he transformed into a slender beige humanoid alien, no longer resembling an Alaran male.
I trembled and my jaw dropped. “Who or what are you?” I couldn’t believe my eyes.
“Despite sharing some DNA, we shapeshifters possess greater intelligence than humans do.”
“Youcarry human DNA?”No way. This is impossible.
He emitted an unusual sound that could have been a snort or a laugh, possibly?
“The order is incorrect. YOU have OUR DNA. You’re just a diluted, inferior species.”
He watched my face with what appeared to be great amusement.
“Our kind is created using incubators on my home planet. Once they reach maturity, they are hatched. My plan forpreserving our race includes using human female wombs as incubators.”
Bile surged in my throat. “You can’t do that. There’s no way you know how human bodies work. It could kill me.”
A sinister grin appeared on his face.He’s out of his damn mind.
“I can achieve what others cannot because of my superior intellect.”
Wow. Arrogant much?I rolled my eyes. “Is that why you have the Krilex stealing females for you?”
He made a clucking sound. This time, it was definitely a laugh.
“The Krilex race is not good for much else other than thievery and corruption. They were easily bought with technology that is lightstranasfrom what you have here in this section of space.”
Don’t I know it?The bastard’s already used their fancy new technology on those of us on the Chetok.
“Do they know you look like this?” I motioned with my head up and down his ghastly looking form. My mouth twisted. “I’m guessing no because the Krilex would see how weak you are and exploit it.”
The medic stared as if trying to figure me out. “We can take on many forms. But that is irrelevant. We are stronger.”
I narrowed my eyes at him. The fear I’d felt was gone. No one else was going to take me away from Trex.
Now I was pissed.
“But you’renotstrong, are you? You are a weak race, on the verge of extinction, and have allied with two of the worst races of aliens. You’re just as bad as the Krilex. In fact, you are even worse than they are. At least they tell us their intentions. They don’t hide behind fake identities, manipulating and lying to have their way. They are the assholes they appear to be on the surface.”
He stiffened and gave a piercing look. “Do not dare to equate me with those lizards,” he spat.
“Looks like I hit a nerve.” My lips curved into a wicked grin.
Before speaking again, he gave me a menacing glare. “You won’t be feeling so confident soon. In a moment, I will have you on one of our cloaked ships that is waiting above the planet.” He released the bonds around my ankles, freeing my feet.
Dread crept through me.He meant to take me away from Alara? To kidnap me?
Oh, hell no. No freaking way.
I tried reasoning with him. “Why do you have to take me away to breed? There has to be a better way to continue your race. Maybe the scientists here will help you find it?”
He glared at me. “The scientists here are inferior and would be unable to help. You, however, are a solution I had not anticipated when I came here to poison the king.”
I gasped at his admission. Trex would kill him once he found out.
“There is no more time to waste. My race is becoming extinct. Our numbers are only in the hundreds.”
