Forbidden (A Serian Novel) Read Free

Jatron tracking you. He's watching your every move and reporting to him." Gage was Ryder's only friend and another Jatron who worked under his father
    Ryder closed his eyes and opened himself to search the surrounding areas. There. Two buildings down a Jatron hid. "I understand."
    There was nothing he could say when the other Ser ian was so close.
    "I'm coming in now." Ryder didn't wait for a r esponse before clicking off and heading off to finish his work.
    With it being the last day of the market, those from other planets were packing up to head back home. Ryder enjoyed speaking to some of them, but he was glad it would be another few weeks before seeing them again. It also meant he was off work until then.
    As the son of the Commander, he shouldn't be stuck on patrol. Ryder didn’t expect to be pushed to the top without working hard. Unfortunately, his father didn't seem to care how good Ryder was. He'd never let him excel.
    "Ryder!"
    He dropped his head forward and groaned. Not what he needed. He still pasted a smile on his face and spun around as the young Liorg female came toward him way too fast. As fast as he ran toward him, he readied for the impact of her small body.
    She did slow and stopped right in front of him. The small horns on her head were cute but eventually they would be nearly as long as his arm and nothing he wanted to be near. The young female had a crush on Ryder ever since he’d rescued her from a brawl between a Grimen and another Liorg. The two males would have trampled her if Ryder hadn't jerked her out of the way.
    He never expected to have an admirer. A short distance behind her, her father glared at him. Nothing would ever happen between him and the Liorg. She was too young and he just wasn't interested in Liorgs. Or really any female.
    Well, maybe the Serian he ran into earlier. But not hing could ever happen between them and he needed to forget her. He didn't even know the female or what she looked like.
    "I just wanted to tell you goodbye. My father said he would not be bringing me here anymore." Before Ryder could respond to the young girl, she rose onto her toes and kissed him on the lips.
    Ryder stood there shocked as she pulled away and ran back toward her father. It wasn't possible, but Ryder swore her father's horns grew another few inches.
    "Nice one." Two Cryoks walked by laughing. "And they say I could start a war. This guy just let a Liorg's daughter kiss him. In front of her father!"
    The other Cryok laughed as they kept going.
    It wasn't one of his better days, that was for sure. Time off hadn't come quick enough.
    In under an hour, the rest of the traders were gone and it was time for Ryder to call it a night. The moon was already gone, yet he still couldn't shake the mystery female from his mind. Maybe he'd dream of her instead of the reoccurring nightmare he'd been experiencing. He could only hope.
    A wave of fear filled him and he looked around tr ying to understand where it came from. It didn't take long to figure out it wasn't his emotions, but the fear of the female he could still sense. He closed his eyes for a split second to find her exact location.
    As soon as he knew where she was, he sprinted in the same direction he'd followed her before. Outside the ridiculously small home, two soldiers were struggling with her and one held a half-breed female with chopped off hair slung over his shoulders as he took off. Ryder stepped forward to help his mystery female until he saw the blue streak of her weapon. One crashed to the ground, and the other followed right after another spark hit him. He couldn't move as he realized she just knocked out two of his father's soldiers.
    It didn't take long for the anger to take over. Jacrar sent them, because of whoever he had following Ryder. He was ruining the female's life and his father's only reason was to make his life miserable.
    The hood still covered her face and he tried to see if she was actually a half-breed. Ryder wanted to go