Jacob & Phaedra's Story (Uoria Mates IV Book 2) Read online

  Table of Contents

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Book 1 – Captured by Sweet Alien

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Book 2 – Saved by Sweet Alien

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Book 3 – Wanted by Gentle Alien

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Book 4 – Healed by Gentle Alien

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Book 5 – Bonded by Alien Prince

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Book 6 – Loved by Alien Prince

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Book 7 – Desired by Alien Warrior

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Book 8 – Charmed by Alien Warrior

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Book 9 – Smitten by Sweetest Alien

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Book 10 – Rescued by Sweetest Alien

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Book 1 – The Alien’s Mission

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Book 2 – The Alien’s Promise

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Book 3 – The Alien’s Surprise

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Book 4 – The Alien’s Love

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

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  Jacob & Phaedra’s Story

  Uoria Mates IV | Book 2

  Ruth Anne Scott

  Personal Note

  Thank you so much for your interest in this book and the Uoria Series as a whole. Uoria Mates launched my career as an author in 2015. Since then it’s been a multiple time bestseller and read by thousands of raving fans. I’m truly humbled by your support.

  This is the fourth Uoria Mates Series and should be read in order. If you’re a first time reader, worry not, I’m including the complete Uoria Mates I for your viewing pleasure to get you started. To read this book, please read the Uoria Series (now conveniently available in complete box sets) in the following order.

  Uoria Mates I

  Uoria Mates II

  Uoria Mates III

  A Uoria Christmas

  Another Uoria Holiday

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  CONTENTS

  Jacob & Phaedra’s Story

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  Chapter One

  The silence that had settled in the hallway made Jacob’s breaths sound heavy and ragged in his ears. He paused where he stood, his arm still holding his blade out to his side as if even the sight of all the fallen creatures strewn across the ground didn’t convince his mind that it was over. Around him the silence began to crumble away, eroded by the sound of groaning as the wounded became aware of their injuries and poured their pain and desperation out into the shadowy space. The adrenaline that coursed through his veins was familiar. If he closed his eyes he could have felt the cold, biting wind of the frozen planet where he and Angela had struggled through the last years. They had been faced with danger there before. Many times when he stepped out of the cave that they had created into their shelter to find food or to gather fresh snow to melt down into water, he had come face-to-face with fearsome beings that he had to fight off to survive.

  As he lowered his hand to his side and slowly steadied his breathing, he thought of
all the times when he wondered why he fought so hard. Why was the compulsion to survive so hard that he would put himself through the struggle and threats that waited out in the snow? They had little hope and every moment that they spent huddling against the freezing temperatures was a reminder of what they had left behind when they tumbled inadvertently through the portal. He had had a life on Earth. Much of it had revolved around his career with the excavation team, but there was more. There were people he cared about, places he thought of when his eyes closed and he could pretend, if only for the few hours that he would sleep, that he was. There had been so much more than the daily struggle clawing just to stay alive. During those clashes, all his mind could focus on was the fight. He would use the weapons he and Angela constructed out of the meager plants and other materials that they could find and battle until he had either destroyed the creature or managed to escape. When he returned to the cave, he was thrown right back into yet another struggle to survive, trying to keep warm in the frigid temperatures and stinging snow, and scrambling to find enough food to keep them going.

  Now as he stood in the hallway looking out over the aftermath of the battle that had come up so suddenly and yet had consumed his focus, he realized that it wasn’t just the frozen planet that had driven him to fight to survive. There was something deep within him that went beyond just the basic desire for survival that had kept him alive when he thought that the life that was ahead of him in the endless snow was hopeless, and it continued to fuel him as he faced down an enemy that he didn’t understand and that posed a threat not only to him but to all of those around him.

  Jacob heard a groan and he looked around the space to try to find its source. His stomach sank as he saw Jem leaned against the wall, his hand clutched at a wound in his chest. Though he hadn’t spent much time with him, the warrior had come to represent so much to Jacob. Not just the new mate to the only friend he had had throughout his time lost in the streams, Jem was also the most courageous and honorable man he had ever met. In even the brief time that they had spent together, Jacob had developed a great sense of loyalty and dedication to Jem. Seeing him stretched across the floor with blood spilling between his fingers was gut-wrenching. Eden ran to Jem’s side and soon the others who weren’t injured in the battle burst into action. They started gathering the wounded and bringing them toward the gap in the closet that led down the concealed set of stairs into the abandoned portion of the laboratory. They still hadn’t gotten an explanation as to how the others ended up in the ancient hospital, but as unnerving as it had seemed when Rilex had first mentioned that as a possibility, now Jacob was relieved that there was a place where they could go to come back together and recuperate after the battle.

  Tucking his weapon away, Jacob reached down and helped one of the women off the ground. She was clutching her shoulder, but otherwise seemed like she had weathered the fighting well. She nodded as she got to her feet.

  “Thank you,” she said. “I’m alright.”

  “Leia,” one of the massive Denynso warriors said from behind her, “what happened?”

  Jacob watched as the tiny woman turned toward the warrior. In an instant, he swept her into his arms and Jacob saw him rush her toward the stairs. He knew that that must be her mate by the ferocity in his orange eyes. It was one of the things that he had learned from Jem as he watched his relationship with Angela grow. Jacob looked around and watched as the others made their way down the hidden staircase. He grabbed under one arm of the large winged man who appeared injured and helped support him into the closet. They climbed through the broken portion of the wall and he helped guide the man through it and down the narrow stairs. The only light in the staircase was the glow from the lightsticks that had been placed on a few of the steps. It wasn’t enough to fully illuminate the space, only to break through the thick blackness of the abandoned core of the building and allow him to see each of the steps.

  Jacob felt like he couldn’t remember being in the light. He knew that he had been under the shine of the bright sun that surrounded Jem’s planet before they left, but he couldn’t remember how it looked or felt. They had been ensconced in darkness since they arrived on Earth and though it had only been a short time, the intensity of everything that he had gone through after had made it so that darkness seemed to define him. He couldn’t imagine ever seeing the light again. For now, they would live in shadow.

  Jacob followed the others down the corridor to three adjoining chambers. One seemed to have just been opened and the group had divided so that those helping the injured brought them into this chamber while those who had gotten through the battle unharmed went into the other two. He saw Pyra and another Denynso helping Jem into the makeshift infirmary and followed them. He helped the winged man sit on a large cushion on the floor and then turned back to check on Jem. Pyra rushed to lay out mats and blankets and the other man carefully lowered Jem on top of them, propping a pillow beneath his head. Angela dropped to her knees beside him, but the second Denynso man touched a hand to her arm and gently pressed her back.

  “I need to work on him,” he said. “You need to give me space.”

  “I can’t leave him,” Angela protested, reaching for Jem’s hand. “He’s hurt. I need to be here with him. He needs to know that I’m here.”

  “He is hurt,” the man said, “which is why I need to have as much space as I can get. I need to be able to work on him without interference.”

  “I’m not interfering!” Angela shouted.

  Jacob crossed the room quickly.

  “Angela,” he said. “I know you’re worried about Jem, but there’s nothing that you can do for him right now. He knows that you’re here. Please, let…”

  He looked to the man now tearing away Jem’s shirt uncertainly.

  “Ciyrs,” he said. “I’m the healer of the Denynso clan.”

  Jacob nodded.

  “Please let Ciyrs do what he can. I’ll stay with him. I can help.”

  Ciyrs looked at him questioningly.

  “I had some first aid training before going to the excavation,” he explained. “It’s not much and I’m sure it’s nothing compared to what you know, but I might be able to do something to help you with these injuries. Maybe that way you can move through them more quickly.”

  Ciyrs nodded.

  “Human methods are nothing like the healing ways of the Denynso,” Ciyrs said in a voice that was both warning and appreciative. “If there is something more that you can do for him than I can…”

  “Together,” Jacob said.

  Ciyrs nodded again and Jacob saw him turn his attention back to Jem and the glass that was protruding from his chest. The healer rested his hand beside it and reached for one of the pieces of cloth that Pyra had put beside the bed. He wrapped the glass in cloth and looked down into Jem’s face.

  “Take a deep breath,” he said.

  The warrior drew in a breath and clenched his eyes closed, knowing the pain that was to come. Ciyrs gave a hard pull on the glass. Jem’s body arched as the piece emerged from his body and blood began to spread further across his skin. He gritted his teeth, but he couldn’t muffle the cry of agony and Jacob felt his heart clench, but he knew that they couldn’t stop working on him. They had to stop the bleeding and ensure that there was no internal damage or Jem could die. Jacob reached for a small stack of the cloths and pressed them to the wound. The blood soaked through them almost instantly, and he reached for more.

  “What are you going to do?” he asked Ciyrs.

  The healer was searching through a bag that Pyra had also placed beside him. He pulled out a small vial and pulled the stopper out, tossing it aside. Lifting Jem’s head with one hand, he placed the mouth of the vial to Jem’s lips and tilted it so that the pale blue liquid inside slipped into his mouth and down his throat. Almost instantly the warrior’s shaking stopped and the look of agony on his face relaxed. His body went limp and Ciyrs eased him carefully back down onto the pillow.

  “That
will help him rest and keep him still while we finish,” he said. “I have to apply the herbs and then perform the healing, but the cloths can’t be there when I do it. I have to work quickly to limit the blood loss.”

  Jacob nodded.

  “Just tell me when you’re ready.”

  Ciyrs stared at the bloody cloth on Jem’s chest for another few seconds, allowing it to do as much as it could for him, then nodded.

  “Go ahead,” he said.

  Jacob peeled away the cloth and Ciyrs immediately poured the contents of another vial directly into the wound. He wiped away as much of the blood as he could and then coated the entire area in a thick paste.

  “Is that it?” Jacob asked. “Should we add the bandages now?”

  Ciyrs shook his head.

  “No. I have to do the first healing and then we can put the bandages on.”

  “Is there anything that I can do to help?” Jacob asked.

  “No,” the healer said. “This is something that I have to do on my own. Please go check on the others, get a list of their injuries, and do what you can for them. When I’m finished here we can move on to the others.”

  Jacob climbed to his feet as Ciyrs rested his hands on Jem’s chest, placing one over and one beneath the wound. He closed his eyes and drew in a breath. Jacob started over to the winged man he had helped into the room, but just before he reached him he heard heavy footsteps running toward him.

  “Pyra!”

  Jacob turned and saw Eden rush into the room, her eyes bright and frantic.

  “I need your help.”

  Chapter Two

  Pyra crossed to Eden and took her hands.

  “What is it?” he asked.

  Jacob continued toward the winged man, but kept one ear turned toward Pyra and Eden, wanting to know what was upsetting her. He had seen her fighting in the corridor and she had shown no hint of fear. Now she looked nearly frantic and it made Jacob strangely nervous.

  “We need to go downstairs,” Eden said.

  “What do you mean?” Pyra asked. “We’re safe here.”

  Eden shook her head.

  “No, it’s not about us. When I was leaving the hall one of the hybrids that was on the floor grabbed me. It said I needed to save them.”

  “Save who?” Pyra asked.

  “I don’t know. It didn’t say. It just pleaded with me to save them and said ‘downstairs’. Those stairs that lead down, the ones that we noticed earlier, it must have been talking about those. We need to go down there.”