CHAPTER NINE
ThorrnShe couldn't even stand the sight of me. She turned away, unable to look at my damaged body. I shouldn't be surprised. If the females on Albya were awake, they'd turn in disgust as well. A male was nothing without his mating antennae. How else was he supposed to find his mate? While females had antennae, too, they were smaller and didn't have the same reach. They only helped to confirm the match, but the females couldn't use them to find their male from afar.
Jenny had no antennae at all. She wasn't able to feel that we were mates. Or could she?
Suddenly, she screamed. At the same time, an alarm bellowed from the speakers above. The lights began to flicker. Something was very wrong.
"Get me out of here!" Jenny yelled. I didn't even think. I simply dragged her out of
