Chapter 63: Dangerous Temptation

Xaden

The bitter taste in my mouth wouldn't leave me throughout the dovrikxing night and into the next morning. Riley looked at me like I was some war hero. But I'd done nothing while dozens of my kind were mutilated. During the battle, it was only because I'd been so close to death that I'd survived. I had been too injured and had to heal before they could experiment on me. By the time the Roulex realized they couldn't reproduce our kind any artificial way except with a male and a compatible female, they'd stopped the useless sacrifices.

I squeezed my eyes shut as Riley ate the soggy toast quietly as though she were trying not to wake me.