Surreptitious Alliance: Marked by My Alien Slave

Morgan pov.

Midnight comes sooner than I thought it would, but I think it's mostly because I spent the afternoon sleeping. Turns out Casey can rest when Rain is watching over us and since he's been working with Xavier all night having me sleep on his lap worked out for both of us. I watch as my Imprint and the Fairie is bent over the desk, going over the blueprints laid out on the desk. Luca will be here any minute and then I have to figure out how the hell I'm going to find my sister. With the power off in the Space Sector it's all hands-on deck. Or that's what Luca told me when he blinked in here an hour ago.

"We're set." Luca mutter when he blinks into the room again. Xavier hands him the blueprints and he studies them before nodding. "You better hope this works, Morgan." He warns before he's gone again. Xavier leaves the room, giving Rain and I the first real bit of privacy since I got back, and we've been planning to steal the robots, but I haven't minded being kept busy. It keeps my mind off the constant sadness that's permanently etched into me. There competing with every other emotion I have.

"It will all work out." I sink into Rain's arms wishing I could stay in them forever.

"I don't want to do this." I admit, feeling like an utter disappointment. "I wish I could just take us away to some random place and we can stay there. We can have our pups and be happy." Even in saying the words I know it's not possible. There is no way I can just leave and be able to live with myself if people died because I didn't do anything.

"We'll be happy." He kisses my head, tightening his hold around me. "When you were in the prism and I had to do all of this, not even understanding what I was doing half the time all I could think about was having you with me. All I knew is that if you were here, I wouldn't have to work so hard understanding things I so clearly don't. I kept thinking about how I wouldn't have to be in charge and how I felt like a failure every day when we weren't getting anywhere. I just wanted you here, to fix everything, to fix me. Then everyone started saying the same thing. Everyone wanted you. They insisted on you being our leader and I thought about how exhausting that must be so, I thought how I would like to be here for you. To fix the things you don't know how to fix and that's not a lot, you're pretty amazing, but I'll at least make some things easier for you. I wish I could take away this pain but since we're both carrying it how about we just help each other where we can? And be happy. Despite what's going on around us. How about we just be happy that we have each other?" His words warm me from the inside out.

"Buying you was the best decision I've ever made." I whisper and he chuckles before his lips slot over mine. The kiss is brief, sweet but full of love and a promise to be there for each other. "Staying with you was the best one I made.” He admits, resting his head against mine.

"I have to go get my sister." I also don't want to leave him but for the past week I've been fighting the urge of just staying glued to Rain and I can manage to fight it just one more time for now. "I'll be here when you get back." He promises and so I blink myself into the Space Sector. The living areas are empty, like I thought it would be, so I blink myself into my sister's room to find it empty. Her bead is neatly made, and you wouldn't think anyone lived here if it wasn't for the pictures. There's one of us as kids, where I was just a baby and seated on my sister's lap. Then there's one where we're all together. One with Dad and Mom and the two of us in matching sweaters smiling big behind our ice cream, despite the cold weather if was that day. There are two of just me. One where I'm smiling big, missing my front two teeth and one that was taken at my graduation. I pick up the picture of just her, noticing it's the only one among everything she has of friends and family. She's smiling big, the way she did before our parents died. Only, this one was taken just before she got her heart broken and decided she'd had enough of risking love. I carefully place the picture back, blink myself into the hallway of the control room and peek into each and every room but come up empty for her.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Luca asks when I blink into the secure area the robots are being kept. The room is halfway empty, and I smile as I watch Fairies come and go in their turn.

"I'm looking for Torren. Have you seen her?" He sighs.

"There's a room, three hallways away from the canteen, second door to the left side. She goes there when things get too much." I smile a thanks and blink myself outside the room, looking in through the glass in the door to find a figure sitting in the far corners. When I try the door, it's locked so I blink myself inside. She doesn't move and it takes me a few seconds to realize she's sleeping so I wrap my magic around her and blink her away. I chose a room close to Rain and mine and lay her down in the bed, wondering how tired she must be if she hadn't even jolted awake when I blinked her.

"She's here.” I announce as I enter the control room again, finding Xavier and Rain already logging the robots as they come into the compound. Rain abandons his work, turning his chair, his full attention on me.

"Is she okay? Was she very shocked when you told her?" I shake my head.

"She's asleep. I found her like that, so I blinked her here. I'll go wait for her to wake up. I just wanted to let you know were back." I kiss his cheek, give him a smile and then blink back to my sister's room where the woman in question is sitting on the edge of the bed, her face void of emotion until she sees me.

"Morgan! You're alive?" Her question doesn't even shock me at this point. I haven't been keeping tabs with the lies they've been spreading about me.

"Yes, yes, I am. I bought you here." I hug her and she sinks into the hug before she realizes what I said and pushes back with a frown.

"You bought me here?" I nod. "How?"

"Um, it's a long story but I need you to promise to be open minded." She scoffs but nods when she sees I'm being serious. So instead of telling her I simply show her, allowing Casey to rise to the surface. I watch as my sister's eyes widen and as I watch the emotions appear on her face, I know nothing about this conversation is going to go easy.NôvelDrama.Org holds © this.