14 VUKRaf’s words made me want to snatch up the female and press her against my chest, protecting her with my life. The urge was so strong I balled my hands into fists. My feelings for this little human were all over the place. I shouldn’t get attached to her, but I was starting to think that it was too late for that. I’d fallen for her, head over tail. Wren looked a little pale after hearing the news. Anger filled me. We’d promised her that we’d bring her Athion captors to justice. Now, we were running from their kind with no chance of going on the offensive. “Have you spotted any Athion ships yet?” I asked Raf, pulling my mind to the issue at hand. He finished wrapping a gel bandage around Wren’s waist and straightened. “Not yet, but we should return to the bridge to make sure none h

