Kyro: A Sci-fi Alien Abduction Romance (Captured by Aliens Book 5) by A.G. Wilde (best summer books .txt) 📕

For countless days he’d watched over her and for countless nights he’d laid in his bed unable to sleep as thoughts of her plagued his mind.

Qrak.

There had to be something wrong with him. He was going insane.

Pressing the panel by the door to a dwelling that was not his own, he waited for the occupants to answer.

It took a few minutes before the door slid open and Xul, his captain and one of the individuals he would dare call a friend, looked back at him.

Brief confusion flooded Xul’s eyes. “Kyro?”

“Oh, it’s Kyro?!” He could hear Xul’s mate within the rooms of the dwelling and soon the soft pat of her feet came near.

“I apologize for the surprise visit,” Kyro said, just as the human appeared by Xul’s side. She gave him a grin as if him stopping by was not an inconvenience at all, though he was sure it was.

Surely, she’d have preferred to be alone doing whatever they did as couples—he could well imagine what that was. He’d considered not visiting but he needed Xul’s assistance.

Xul had been the first to fall to a human female.

“It is a surprise indeed.” Xul’s eyes now reflected mild surprise and when Athena jammed her elbow in his side, the large soldier crumpled a little as if she actually managed to hurt him. “Kyro never visits.” Xul chuckled.

“Where are your manners?” Athena glared at her mate, though the look was only superficial. Kyro could see no actual contempt behind her eyes. “Come in, Kyro.” She smiled at him and pulled Xul out of the way.

Nodding, Kyro entered their quarters and came to stand just in front of their sitting area. His eyes widened a little.

The entire living space was decorated with flowers and pretty things. He could hardly imagine this was Xul’s doing.

Free material like the one Evren had bought hung at the windows, colorful soft oofla was bundled into small balls in the seats...there were even squares with images of inanimate objects like flowers and landscapes on the walls.

“This is...” He looked around. He didn’t quite know what to say. All he could imagine was Evren’s quarters. It had no such color and life like this. Was this what humans were supposed to do with their living spaces?

Colorful and, dare he even think it? Homely?

Kyro squeezed his eyes shut for a second. See, this was his problem.

Something was wrong with him.

He was having constant thoughts of her, even when he least expected it.

“Do you like it?” Athena’s voice cut into his thoughts and he was brought back to reality? “I tried to make it as comfortable as I could.”

“It is,” he replied and when she blinked at him Xul intervened.

“‘Comfortable’ he means,” Xul clarified before turning his gaze to him. “So, what brings you here, brother? You should be resting. This is a much-needed break I ordered.”

That was his problem. He couldn’t rest.

He couldn’t even sleep at night anymore.

“I need to talk to you about...” Kyro’s gaze moved to Athena. “...something.”

Athena’s eyebrows moved up a little before she mentioned about needing to do something in the “ki-shen.” With that said, and much to his relief, she moved out of the room.

“What is it? What makes you so...disturbed?” Xul’s brow furrowed a bit. “It is not like you, brother.”

“I have a problem.”

Xul’s eyebrows rose. “Sit.” He motioned to one of the seats. “Speak. I will help you if I can.”

Kyro sat, his eyes following Xul as he watched the large male do the same.

“I am having...feelings for a hu—...a being.” Kyro cleared his throat but he didn’t miss the way Xul’s eyes widened a bit before he composed himself.

“You come to me for relationship advice?” Amusement began to flood Xul’s eyes and Kyro sighed, settling more into the seat.

Maybe this hadn’t been the best of ideas.

“I just need you to tell me what to do. I can’t stop...thinking about her. I can hardly eat. Sleep is becoming hard. My mind is clouded. I am not as alert as I am used to being. It is as if there is a need I must fill.”

Kyro swallowed hard. He hadn’t meant to pour out all that to Xul. Heck, when he’d left his quarters that morning, he’d intended to be as discreet as possible about what exactly his problem was.

But his mouth and brain were not on the same side.

Xul blinked at him, the amusement draining from his gaze. “You are serious.”

He could feel himself glaring at Xul. “Yes. I am serious. And it isn’t in the least bit humorous.” Kyro adjusted himself on the seat. “This is...torture.”

There was silence for a few moments before Xul spoke.

“Who is the lucky female?”

“Do you really need to know?”

Amusement filled Xul’s gaze once more. “Hey, I’m just curious.” Kyro could feel him studying him. “In all my years working alongside you, brother, I would have never expected you to fall for another.”

Well, surprise, surprise to them both.

Just then, Xul’s human walked back into the room, a tray in hand with cool beverages on top. This human custom of serving beverages to guests would take some getting used to.

“Just...tell her how you feel?” Xul offered, as Athena set the beverages down.

Kyro found himself glancing from his captain to his captain’s mate. “Was that what you did? To make it stop. Did you tell her”—he pointed his gaze at Athena—"how you felt?”

A sudden laugh bubbled from Athena. “No, he didn’t. He insisted on ignoring what was happening between us,” she said, shaking her head. “Puny human this. Puny human that. I sure showed you.” She grinned before doing the strangest thing. She stuck her tongue out, the tiny pink organ pointing in Xul’s direction.

Was this some other form of human mouth-mating that he didn’t know of? It was not in the data.

“I did confess...” Xul’s voice notably softened as he pulled Athena into his arms. ...eventually.”

As he watched them, Athena raised her gaze to look at him, her eyes and smile kind. “Look, you’ll get over this lovesickness.