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Sharing now from my newly released scifi romance Mateer (A Badari Warriors SciFi Romance Novel): Sectors New Allies Series Book 2. Yup, a mouthful LOL!
I’ve skipped ahead a bit. Megan feels better after eating the nutrition bar that was forced upon her by the aliens Now she’s looking around and realizing how bad the situation is.
A little creative editing and punctuation have been done to fit our rules.
The excerpt:
Turning her head as far as she could, she counted six more humans strapped to tables behind a clear barrier running floor to ceiling the length of the room. No one was attending to them although a bored tech sat at a console, playing a game from the looks of his hand-eye motions. Megan yelled, “Hey!”
The tech who’d force fed her strolled to the table, another water bottle in his hand. As he tipped it to her lips, he said, “What?”
“You have to take care of those people,” she said, recoiling from the proffered drink and jerking her head toward the other side of the room, “They need the special energy bar, the water—”
“Experiment,” The tech gestured first at her and then waved his hand to indicate the prisoners on the other tables, “Half the subjects get the revival pack.” He pointed at the closed off side of the chamber, “Half don’t, Dr. Lampergg’s order.”
“You can’t just let them die – what kind of people are you?”
He leaned close, “The kind who keep our mouths shut and do what the boss orders.”
The Blurb:
Megan Garrison, a doctor at the Sectors Amarcae 7 colony, goes to sleep one night as usual only to wake up in her nightgown, strapped to a table in an alien lab, destined to be the subject of terrifying experiments. Granted a brief reprieve, Megan and the other kidnapped humans are released in the middle of a forestlike enclosure on this unknown world and told to survive as best they can for now.
Her only hope is Mateer, the genetically engineered alien warrior imprisoned with the humans. He knows more than he’s sharing about this planet, their captors and the fate of other humans, including perhaps her own sisters. Turns out everyone from her colony has been kidnapped by the Khagrish, a ruthless race of alien scientists. Working for enemies of the human-led Sectors, the Khagrish have created the Badari to be super soldiers.
Mateer, a tough Badari enforcer, now a rebel, is captured while infiltrating the lab to help his pack bring it down. He’s also been ordered by his leaders to search for Megan and save her life at all costs. Tortured by the enemy, he’s offered one chance at survival – convince Megan to become his mate and assist the Khagrish with further experiments.
As the situation at the lab grows worse, Megan struggles against her deep attraction to Mateer, while she does her best to shield the other humans from the terrible Khagrish experiments. For his part, Mateer knows she really is his fated mate and despairs of being able to keep her safe, as the rebel attack is delayed and she fights the truth of their bond.
Will they be able to work together to defeat Khagrish plans and preserve human lives until the promised rescue happens? And what of their future together – will Megan accept Mateer as her true mate, or walk away if she’s freed?
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Glad she’s one of the those getting food and water, but man the entire situation is scary. Great scene.
Yikes! That’s definitely a scary situation to be in. Even if she is getting water, it doesn’t mean she’s safe. A well written scene!
What a situation! And what nasty people, esp. the bosses. Good snippet.
The kind of people I definitely wouldn’t want to be around.
And that’s the most dangerous kind of people of all: “I did it because I was ordered to do it.” Chilling scene!
Not a job most of us would accept or enjoy!
Being a prisoner of the Khagrish is a pretty scary situation for sure. Maybe next time I’ll skip ahead to a happier scene, just for a change of pace. THanks for visiting and commenting!
The master of terrifying situations strikes again! Love how she immediately becomes concerned about her fellow humans, tells us so much about her.
Oooo that sounds foreboding!
How horrible for those who don’t receive the survival pack. Definitely wouldn’t want to be there.
Yeah, isn’t she pleased she’s on the “revival” list? Eep. Great snippet, Veronica. 🙂
Is it just me, or do your covers keep getting hotter? Love her feisty temper and compassion in this scene!
The ultimate nightmare – being a test subject. I don’t know what would be worse emotionally, being part of the unlucky group or being one that survives? The guilt would be horrible! Great snippet!
Yikes, what a situation to be in! She’s still part of an experiment, so I wouldn’t imagine she’s entirely out of the woods yet, and to know the others are being denied the revival pack can only add to her anxiety. Great, chilling snippet!
She’s in a tough place. Very chilling excerpt.
So the techs are just proxies for the actual bad guys, the bosses. Defeating or bypassing the proxies is necessary, but it won’t solve her problem.
How sad but true, that many atrocities have people who are doing what they must to stay alive. It’s a terrible situation all around!