7
Amber eyes burned into my soul.
I blinked, expecting them to be just a trick of the light, but they stayed. Deep amber, with golden rings around the pupils. Thick dark lashes lined those eyes. I was afraid to look at the rest of the person looming over me, so I kept focusing on the beautiful amber. I never knew eyes could be this colour. Clear indication that this was an alien, even though the skin on his face looked human.
“Can you understand me?” he asked in a deep, gentle voice. “Kannst du mich verstehen?”
Was that…German?
“Yes,” I croaked. My throat hurt like hell.
A straw was pushed against my lips and I drank without hesitation. Clear, pure water ran down my parched throat, easing the pain a little.
“Are you in pain?” he asked, his eyes flicking over my face as if he was loo
