Alien Romance: Hunter: Space Commander's Fated Mate (Space Beasts Book 3) Read Free Page A

still had no idea what planet she was on, let alone where she was headed to right now.
 
    “Somewhere no one else is going to find you.”

 
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Three
 
    She didn’t know how long they’d been walking. Or, well, how long he’d been walking. Juliet tried to get more information out of the man, but he hadn’t told her much. He was a quieter type, which normally she would appreciate, if she weren’t in this situation.
     
    Juliet was never considered a talker back home, and that was something she never wanted to change about herself. Small talk and shooting the breeze seemed pointless to her, simple pleasantries that actually meant nothing. Normally, she was comfortable in the silence.
 
    But she needed answers.
 
    The only one she got, though, was his name. “My name is Zalgar,” he told her as they walked along a river. Juliet watched water trickle over orange rocks. They reminded her of home, how the creatures jumped out of the water just to fall back in.
     
    They were like salmon, except, of course, for the fact that they looked nothing like salmon, or any fish, back home. The fish she saw looked far more intimidating, with sleek, dark scales and two heads. “What is yours?”
 
    “Juliet,” she answered, watching another leap through the air in a perfect arc, “Juliet Moore.”
 
    He didn’t respond to her after that, didn’t ask Juliet about herself, nor did he answer any questions she directed at him. There was no more talking until the sky and grass and river started to fade away into darkness. All too soon, Juliet realized she was at the mouth of a small cave. It was a thin entrance, hardly big enough to fit the both of them if they were standing side-by-side.
 
    “We’re almost there,” Zalgar said.
 
    She heard something creak open and was surprised when she felt warm, dry air. “Where are we?” she asked, nothing accusatory in her tone anymore. She was purely curious, it still being too dark for her to see anything.
 
    “Hold on,” he replied. Setting her down, Juliet fell to the ground slowly, trying to grasp at her surroundings. She felt a cool, rocky floor, and as her fingers pushed forward, she felt fur, laid out flat on the ground, like a carpet.
 
    Everything became clear once Zalgar lit the fire pit. She was in a home, a small, tucked away cavern that he made his own. “How… How did you do all this?” Juliet asked, looking around in wonderment.
 
    The walls were all made of rock, but they were chipped away to become flat and smooth. All in all, the room was just only a little smaller than her studio apartment, and that was about 800 square feet by itself. He would have had to do this all, carve away and sand at all the rocks. And get the furniture, too… It wasn’t anything fancy, not even really rustic either. It was all clearly handmade, some of it crudely done. The bed looked like it was just a bunch of furs piled on top of one another, but there was a table that looked sturdy enough.
 
    “How is there a fireplace ?”
 
    Zalgar looked around his home and shrugged, not at all as impressed with his surroundings as Juliet was. “I found it while hunting. It’s by the river, so it’s decent for fishing… And it’s hard to find,” he answered. He moved away from the fireplace and went to a bag over by his bed, fishing his around inside to find something.
     
    Juliet scooted back until her back hit the wall, both of them now on opposite sides of the room. She still had no idea what his intentions were. “Only took a few months of carving away… And for the fireplace, I carved upwards to make a tunnel. Keeps air fresh.”
 
    She nodded. It made sense, the process in how he did it. Juliet had just never seen anyone take the time. On Earth, they could build 20-story apartment in two weeks. Technology within the construction industry was always being improved on. But it was different.
     
    They all looked the same,