by Lily Thomas
Maybe she was overreacting, or perhaps she wasn’t but either way, she thought it was best to remain alert when it came to that man.
“We will head out to find the other women, and we’ll try not to attract any attention from the natives. If we do attract attention, we will try to find a peaceful solution.” Olivia gave Liam a pointed glance. She didn’t need him shooting at the natives. For all they knew, the natives were peaceful. She’d rather ask questions first and shoot later if she could. They were the intruders on this planet, so she wasn’t about to go shooting everything that moved.
“Let’s head out ladies.” Liam led the way into the surrounding rainforest.
Two guards led the front of the group, and two followed behind.
Sophia sidled up to Olivia. “If that guard tries to take the lead, we want you to know we will back you up.” Her sapphire eyes glared daggers at Liam’s back as he strutted through the forest.
Olivia patted her shoulder. “I have no intention of backing down. I’m only letting him lead the group because he has the gun, but I’m not about to let him dictate rules to us. We may have only studied the planet for a week, but we know more about the people and the environment then they do.”
Sophia smiled. “Good, because that Liam guy rubs me the wrong way with the way he refers to us ladies like we can’t do anything on our own.”
“I’ll second that.” Scarlett agreed as she pulled up beside them.
“I fear what kind of damage we will do to these people if they stumble upon us.” Olivia switched the subject away from Liam. Now wasn’t a time to riot against Liam. “Our technology is nothing they’ve seen before.” Olivia worried her bottom lip. “If there had been another livable planet in this system, I definitely wouldn’t have landed on X-37625.”
“We know that, but it was the right decision.” Sophia glanced between them. “The other women might freak out knowing this, but we got out just in the nick of time.”
“What do you mean?”
“We only had minutes left until the whole ship depressurized, and we were all blown out into space.” Sophie smiled. “I figured it was best not to announce that while we were up there.”
Olivia grimaced. “Yikes. I don’t like even thinking about that.”
Scarlett shrugged. “Just a factor of living in space. It could happen to any of us at any time. We just don’t think about it our day to day living.”
“I still don’t like thinking about it, but we made it down here. Now we find the missing women, avoid the natives, and get rescued. One step at a time.” Olivia just hoped it would be as easy as saying it.
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