"I'm sure, that he wasn't trying to kill you." Says Giselle, handing me a cup of tea.

"He shouldn't play like that, I could have drowned."

"Well lesson learned, don't play with him like that."

I came to her for consolation, not to be rebuked, and my face says just that.

"Vata's trying to build a relationship with you."

"Is this intel?"

"Yes."

"Do tell..."

"Aduih's teaching him our language, so that he can communicate with you."

Thank god, I'd given up after trying four words. But it's sweet, that he's trying to develop our relationship past a physical one.

I was attracted to his body, his strength, the alpha in him, but I want more.

A knock on her door, and she leaves me, to answer it. It's Joy, I'd recognize that heifer's voice anywhere. Speaking in hushed tones, I creep to the door, listening.

"I can't believe it, they sacrificed three of ours, for them, outsiders... because of her. It's not right..."

"It's okay, we know the rules, our numbers must be kept low."

"But we obeyed the rules, if one of theirs wanted to bring more humans here, then why should we pay the cost?"

"It's their world, their laws, but now isn't the time to discuss it, I have company."

"Oh, I'm sorry..."

"No it's fine, I'll talk to you later."

Making my way back to my seat, I take a long sip of my tea, as she re-enters the room.

"Sorry about that..."

"It's no problem, Um.. I need to get back, Dominic and I are gonna do a lil bit of exploring."

"Yeah, sure... be careful..."

"Yeah."

"So in order for us to come here, three of their people had to die?"

"That's what I got from it, can't be too many of us here."

Relaxing on the pier, we're fishing, if you can call it that. These aren't your regular earth size fish, and they're ugly as the day is long.

"I don't know about you, but I'm missing home."

I hate to admit it, but so am I. "I miss french fries."

"Really...?"

"What's the plan?" I ask, my head on his shoulder.

"Are you serious?"

I want to stay here with Vata, but I miss my life back home.

"Steal a ship, and try to fly it out of here."

"Yeah... maybe if we learned the language, then we could." I state, trying to come up with a better idea.

"Or we could just take the translater with us."

Liam, he can read their language.

"Yeah, but what about flying the ship?"

"He reads it, we push buttons."

I don't think that we're going to get that far.

"Or I could just ask Vata."

"What are you gonna ask him? Can you take us back to earth?" He states, removing my head from his shoulder, in a not so nice way.

"I'm just saying...maybe if I asked."

"Look, you may want to stay here, and have ugly ass babies, but I want to get back home."

What the...

"My babies won't be ugly."

"Amara, do you really want to stay here, because if you do that's fine, but don't stop me and Travis from leaving.

"What? I..."

I don't know what I want, I don't want to leave Vata, but I do want to go back home, at least to visit.

"He's not going to let you go, if I were him, I wouldn't either."

"Fine, I won't say anything to him, when do we attempt this escape?"

Going back to the colony, with our catch, a massive fish that we both have to drag back.

"Omg... you caught that?"

"Yeah, we can have a fish fry tomorrow." I state, a farewell feast.

"Well it's not a fish per se... but it's edible." Says, Liam.

"What do you mean it's not a fish, it was in the water." I reply.

"At the pier? These are this planet's sharks, its a lake full of them."

We could've been eaten, sitting on the pier, pants rolled up, feet dragging along the top of the water! Glancing at Dominic, he has the same horrified expression as mine.

I'm officially done...

"Y'all making room for one more?" I ask, as the men tote the large creature away.

The noisy clamoring, and hammering draws my attention to a building, in the process of being built.

It sits just outside of the colony, and it's coming along quickly.

"It's your home, per orders from you know who." Says, Liam.

"That's not necessary, I'm okay living with Dominc."

"Well... necessary or not, we have our orders."

"Seems like alien humping has its perks." Whispers Dominic, easing past me.

The man's infuriating...