know she loves us. That’s worth fighting for. Knowing that she loves us will give us more of a will to win,” Milton said.
“We have to win and to protect her. She’s had so much shock and chaos recently she’s acting out and I don’t blame her. Keeping her in the dark was wrong of Hastings. She’s a smart woman who deserved to know the truth. It’s better if she knows what’s going on even if there is a battle. Hopefully, she won’t run out or try to join the fight anymore. If hybrids are at risk, she can stay back and not endanger others,” Ross said.
“Let’s hope.” Curtis knew it was the practical move. Shannon wouldn’t want to hurt anyone, but all of the secrets had frustrated her. The normally calm woman had run out into the open desert with an alien vessel hovering in the sky. If there was more danger, Curtis just wasn’t sure she’d be able to restrain herself and watch.
Milton frowned at Curtis. “What? You don’t think Ross is right?”
“I think she’s discovered her headstrong human side. I can’t imagine she’ll be willing to follow orders and sit back.” Curtis curled a strand of her long brown hair around his finger.
“Given that Bonnie is Shannon’s sister, I fear you might be right,” Gavin replied.
“So protection and containment is all we can do. I’d rather be fighting for our own freedom, but if she’s at all in danger, we must have our priorities straight. Protect her from the Keelons.” Ross sighed.
“We may be asked to protect other hybrids and their families. We’ll have to wait for Hastings to brief people on a plan of attack to see what we’re assigned to do. After what happened today, he’ll have to put together a full scale defense strategy and prep people.” Curtis kissed Shannon’s forehead and hoped she’d feel better when she woke.
“Whatever it is, we’ll do it. It’ll feel better to have a plan that waiting and watching the skies.” Gavin exhaled in frustration.
“Our Gavin is such a man of action,” Milton smiled at Curtis.
“We’d all feel better with the Keelons taken care of. What sort of a future can we offer her now? Stuck here for our own good.” Curtis shook his head.
“She likes the observation room. If she had a job here, too, it might make it easier,” Ross said.
“One step at a time,” Curtis said.
Chapter Seven
The conference room was packed tight with people the next day. The men stood behind Shannon who sat next to her sister. Gavin watched as whispered conversations around the table made Shannon nervous. The doctor was there, as were Meg and the leader of the pilots on the project, Samantha Montgomery. All three of them had group relationships with alien men and plenty to lose if things went badly.
Only Liz, the doctor, had had a child so far, and it’d caused a big stress in Dreamland. Thus far, the baby was healthy. Gavin doubted the wisdom of having a hybrid with all of the abductions and Keelon activity. He wanted children the human way, raising them and not training them for war, but until the world felt safe enough from the Keelons, nothing would make their group take that risk.
Hastings walked in, and the room fell silent. The large TV screen blinked to life and replayed the alien ship’s path and activity from the day prior. Shannon kept her eyes down.
“The incident shows an escalation we didn’t predict. Returning a large group of human women might be a distraction.” Hastings shook his head. “They know nothing. While the women are relieved to be here, they have no memories at all of their time.”
“Repressed due to trauma?” Bonnie asked Liz.
“Not that I can tell. Some of the women are shaken, but the uninjured ones know who they are, where they are, but they have a blank in their memories. They think the date is right around when they were reported missing give or take a day. We’re monitoring them.”
“Do you think one is an alien plant? Maybe, they have a
“We have to win and to protect her. She’s had so much shock and chaos recently she’s acting out and I don’t blame her. Keeping her in the dark was wrong of Hastings. She’s a smart woman who deserved to know the truth. It’s better if she knows what’s going on even if there is a battle. Hopefully, she won’t run out or try to join the fight anymore. If hybrids are at risk, she can stay back and not endanger others,” Ross said.
“Let’s hope.” Curtis knew it was the practical move. Shannon wouldn’t want to hurt anyone, but all of the secrets had frustrated her. The normally calm woman had run out into the open desert with an alien vessel hovering in the sky. If there was more danger, Curtis just wasn’t sure she’d be able to restrain herself and watch.
Milton frowned at Curtis. “What? You don’t think Ross is right?”
“I think she’s discovered her headstrong human side. I can’t imagine she’ll be willing to follow orders and sit back.” Curtis curled a strand of her long brown hair around his finger.
“Given that Bonnie is Shannon’s sister, I fear you might be right,” Gavin replied.
“So protection and containment is all we can do. I’d rather be fighting for our own freedom, but if she’s at all in danger, we must have our priorities straight. Protect her from the Keelons.” Ross sighed.
“We may be asked to protect other hybrids and their families. We’ll have to wait for Hastings to brief people on a plan of attack to see what we’re assigned to do. After what happened today, he’ll have to put together a full scale defense strategy and prep people.” Curtis kissed Shannon’s forehead and hoped she’d feel better when she woke.
“Whatever it is, we’ll do it. It’ll feel better to have a plan that waiting and watching the skies.” Gavin exhaled in frustration.
“Our Gavin is such a man of action,” Milton smiled at Curtis.
“We’d all feel better with the Keelons taken care of. What sort of a future can we offer her now? Stuck here for our own good.” Curtis shook his head.
“She likes the observation room. If she had a job here, too, it might make it easier,” Ross said.
“One step at a time,” Curtis said.
Chapter Seven
The conference room was packed tight with people the next day. The men stood behind Shannon who sat next to her sister. Gavin watched as whispered conversations around the table made Shannon nervous. The doctor was there, as were Meg and the leader of the pilots on the project, Samantha Montgomery. All three of them had group relationships with alien men and plenty to lose if things went badly.
Only Liz, the doctor, had had a child so far, and it’d caused a big stress in Dreamland. Thus far, the baby was healthy. Gavin doubted the wisdom of having a hybrid with all of the abductions and Keelon activity. He wanted children the human way, raising them and not training them for war, but until the world felt safe enough from the Keelons, nothing would make their group take that risk.
Hastings walked in, and the room fell silent. The large TV screen blinked to life and replayed the alien ship’s path and activity from the day prior. Shannon kept her eyes down.
“The incident shows an escalation we didn’t predict. Returning a large group of human women might be a distraction.” Hastings shook his head. “They know nothing. While the women are relieved to be here, they have no memories at all of their time.”
“Repressed due to trauma?” Bonnie asked Liz.
“Not that I can tell. Some of the women are shaken, but the uninjured ones know who they are, where they are, but they have a blank in their memories. They think the date is right around when they were reported missing give or take a day. We’re monitoring them.”
“Do you think one is an alien plant? Maybe, they have a
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