Present Day
Zero was back in the wardrobe again, hiding from Grohanva. He was loud.
He heard him speak to Anika.
“When you pleasure me with your mouth,” Grohanva said, “I would like it if you used less of your teeth. And less crying.”
Zero’s blood boiled at his words, this alien really sees this women as s*x slaves,he wants to save them but his rage still wasn’t enough to bring back the blade.
What triggers it? he wondered. He tried to remember how it had appeared before,always in moments of need, sudden and absolute. Like a god.
He scoffed at the thought. Alien tech? God? His mother would have slapped him if he’d ever uttered those words aloud.
He thought of the lab, the sterile walls, the hum of machinery. His maker’s voice echoed in his head. Every injection, every test… they ha
