Gabe's Destiny (Alien Mates Book Three) (23 page)
He moved back and Taya could see Gabe’s eyelids flutter before they actually opened.
“Taya?” She was at his side in a minute.
“I’m here and you’re going to be all right.”
“What about you?”
“You’re a stubborn, stubborn male. Maybe that’s why I love you.” Her tears ran down her face landing on his cheek. “I’m fine, you protected me.”
“Perfect,” he said, his eyelids closing as he slid deep into sleep this time.
“Can you walk?” Rylan asked her.
She nodded and stood. “Perfect, carrying him might take all the energy I have left.”
He reached down and picked up his brother placing him over his shoulder.
“I need my hands free to fight,” he told Taya before leading her out the cave.
The light outside the cave almost blinded her until she realized Aviana was there keeping watch to make sure no one snuck up on them and she was creating a light that made it look like the noon day sun.
She turned to look at her soul-bonded as he walked over to her still carrying Gabe. He leaned down and kissed her. Aviana gave him a look that said he was the best male on the face of the Earth. Taya’s heart clenched because she knew she looked at Gabe the same way.
Taya and Aviana walked behind Rylan as he led the way to freedom.
“Soon you will be able to do what I’m doing. It was hard for me in the beginning, now I practice every day and I’m amazed at what I can do. Believe me, it’s a good thing because I have a little Umor princess to keep in line and that little girl is powerful.”
“She’s an absolute doll and no problem at all,” Rylan commented as they walked to the SUV.
“As you can see she has her father wrapped around her tiny finger, which means I have to work all the harder to keep her in line.”
Rylan gave a grunt and Aviana gave a high tinkling laugh. Between the two of them, Taya knew it was going to be okay. If Gabe were in trouble, they wouldn’t be talking and teasing each other and treating her like she was part of the family, they would simply be scared.
“Thank you Rylan, Aviana, for coming for us.”
“Baby, is my sister really thanking me? Doesn’t she know this is what family is all about?”
Taya grinned and gave a happy sigh as the vehicle came into sight. Rylan placed Gabe in the back and placed the seat belt over him.
“My mom?” Now that they were safe she needed to remember the reason they were here in the first place.
“She’s probably walking the porch keeping a look out for you and causing your dad major problems as she asks one more time, ‘Where’s my baby?’”
Taya smiled, now that sounded just like her mom. She looked at Rylan and did something she never thought she’d do again. She threw herself at Rylan and gave him the biggest hug and then repeated it with Aviana before she climbed into the back seat to make sure Gabe was leaning against her.
Her mother flew down the steps the minute the SUV came to a stop. She had the door open and Taya in her arms before she could even move.
“Are you all right?” Her mother’s shaky voice was bringing tears to her eyes.
“I’m fine, mom, you’re the one who was captured by a mad man.”
“No baby, I was fine, I promise you. He never even touched me. I don’t know why, I got a feeling a few times he wanted to but it was like something was standing between us. He’d get a haunted look in his eyes and walk away from me saying something crazy about aliens and fire.”
Her mom took off the seat belt and dragged Taya out of the vehicle needing to get a better look at her.
“Mom, you’re strong.”
“I work out. I have to if I want to keep your father. Those old biddies think they can put the moves on him when my back is turned. Grrr.” Her mom growled and Taya wanted to hit the ground laughing. She’d forgotten in her drama how funny her parents were and how much they loved each other.
“Mom, I want to introduce you to Gabe, but he was hurt when we were trying to rescue you.”
“Would that be the male sitting in the back seat watching every move I make like I might hurt you?”
Taya spun around so fast her head ached a little.
“You’re up.” He gave her a smile, undid his seat belt, and slid across the seat to her.
“I’m up. Ry gave me a boost and a little sleep helped. Nowhere near full power but I have enough to be awake.”
Taya hugged him and then turned back to her mom. “Mom, this is Gabe. Gabe, this is my mother.”
“It’s nice to meet you.” Gabe gave her a smile while hugging Taya from behind.
“No young man, it’s nice to meet you. Thank you for keeping my Baby safe.”
“Honestly ma’am, I think we kept each other safe. I don’t know what I would have done without her.”
Taya leaned in and kissed him. “Let’s get into the house, you need to sit down. You probably need more sleep but you’re stubborn so I’ll settle for you sitting.”
“She knows me,” he smiled at Taya’s mom and slowly lowered himself to the ground. Taya kept hold of him as much as possible.
“I don’t think I can make it up the steps by myself.”
“Silly,” she smiled at him. “That’s why you have me.”
“What she meant was, that’s why you have us.” Her dad had come around at the tail end of the conversation. He placed Gabe’s arm around his shoulder and began to slowly help him move towards the stairs.
“It’s all about family, son and you’re family.
Taya stood still and she watched as they cleared the way for Gabe to enter the house. She watched how they all fawned over him making sure he got in and took a seat. It made her heart jump for joy to see the way her parents and his family loved him.
Then they came back outside, all of them. They stood on the porch and stared at her. Finally, Rylan spoke.
“Taya, if you want to sit outside why didn’t you say so? We can bring a chair out for Gabe.”
Then her heart broke, she wept with joy because she was part of the family too and they truly loved her. She climbed the steps and they circled around her hugging her, healing the last of the damage done to her with their love.
*~*~*~*
Taya opened her eyes to the sun shining into the room. Gabe was holding her tight and watching her sleep. He had a habit of doing that, just watching her. It kind of freaked her out but in a good way.
It had been three weeks since her mom was rescued and they made it back home alive. Her parents had settled in nicely making her wonder when they were thinking of heading home. Then she would feel guilty. It’s not that she wanted them to leave but hiding her extra abilities around them was growing harder now that she was training with Gabe every day. She even had what she laughingly called private lessons with the other females.
He leaned down and gave her a kiss that made her breathless.
“Morning, Sweetness.” His voice made her horny; it was always so raspy first thing in the morning.
“Morning, Love, what’s on the agenda for today?” She cuddled up closer to him, enjoying the covers that kept her warm with the air blowing in the room.
“I’d thought I’d take your parents over and show them that new house that just opened up. Thought they might be interested in it.”
“My parents live in Nevada; they’ll be leaving soon.”
Then again maybe not. She may be hiding her abilities but the Arbrins weren’t. She walked in the living room yesterday to see Rylan in his Matra form with Kayla on his lap and Vick hanging from his back and her dad making jokes about how long he would last. Her dad never once freaked out.
Then she walked into the kitchen and that’s what really shocked her. Selma was sitting at the table and her mother was…well she was mothering Selma and Selma was eating it up as her mom showed her how to make her famous pound cake. Gabe may have a point they didn’t look like they were planning on leaving.
“Uhuh, right.” He leaned down to kiss her, allowing his hands to drift over caressing her. “Why don’t we talk about it later?”
She placed her hands on his chest pressing him back into the bed. She rose up to straddle him before starting to nip at his jaw line.
This was the best part of any day. She leaned over and tangled her tongue with his.
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One of the most pleasing things about this book for me was watching Taya come into her own as Gabe dealt with the issues in his life but was still ready and willing to support her. The willingness of each of them to live for the other touched me even as I was writing the story.
I love stories that take me to another place and remind me that life is more than what I see with my eyes.
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