Mated To An Extraterrestrial Alpha

Chapter Five

Roman's P.O.V

There, within the pod, has to be the most beautiful being that I have ever laid eyes upon. Their almost translucent white skin seems to cover them from head to toe. Long pale lilac hair swirls around the petite body. Soon the hot sensations return to blanket my body from the inside out. Strange thoughts of holding this creature in my strong arms fill my mind as I hear Luke start to purr like a little kitten at the mere sight of the being.

My breathing starts to quicken and my eyes grow wide. Luke is trying to break through; tear open the pod, wake this creature up, and know that they are okay and alive. I roughly swallow the building lump in my throat and quickly shake my head from side to side. Trying to clear my head, there is a sudden loud growl sounding off inside of my mind. I can feel Luke pace back and forth as he radiates anger.

Can you just calm yourself down! I snap at my wolf, trying to gain some control over my body.

Who the hell did this? Luke growls lowly at me

I just mentally roll my eyes at him.

Yeah like I know who did this centuries ago.

Yeah...well..arg! f**k! Luke stammers out with a complete loss for words; which is a first for him since he's so quick to answer back. Even though it's usually a snide comment but still has something to say non the less.

Slowly I can sense him retreating to the back of my mind. My breathing starts to even out and my heart that was once thrashing against my chest has calmed down as well. A heavy sensation starts to fill my shoulder and my eyes snap up to see where it is coming from. Quinn's hand squeezes down upon my shoulder while the other is stretched out before me. My hand slowly rises and I grasp his hand tightly within mine. After a few minutes, I ascend from the inside of the hole to find Hobs, Quinn, and Oscar all looking at me with concerned faces and wide eyes. I advert my gaze from them as I am not too sure of what the hell just happened to me. The familiar sounds of Johan's voice come across my mind.

Hey Roman, what the heck is going on you've been gone for an hour. Is everything okay?

Yeah, everything is fine. Can you get the pulley and the slab from the ship?

I can but I'll have to make two trips.

Confusion fills me at Johan's response. It shouldn't take two trips to bring the slab and pully out here.

Why do you need to make two trips? Why can't you just make it in one?  I ask in my Alpha tone as impatience to get the pod safely back onto the ship fills me.

Because Hobs found something as well and I need two slabs to bring both finds to the ship. Johan hesitantly says surprised that I am suddenly using my Alpha tone.

 f**k, I guess there is no helping it. But he better be quick.

Alright, but I want it done now. I growl out, myself and my wolf growing impatient by the second.

With that Johan's voice disappears from my mind.  After half an hour of trying to pry the pod out of the hole we get it up and onto the slab. I order Johan to return to the ship for the second slab and have Hobs show him where he found the other pod. Once we got the first pod into the ship I ordered that no one goes near it until I return with the other one. Hopefully, they at least listen to me this time. No telling what could happen if they try to mess around with it. With a quick pivot around I sprint out of the ship and mind link Johan for his coordinates.  After a couple of painstaking minutes of walking and trying not to slip on the thick ice, I reach Hobs and Johan huddling around the controls for the pulley.

Another half an hour goes by as we pry, what looks to be the same hypersleep pod as the first one but larger, out of its hole and onto the slab. With haste, we turn and make our way back to the ship. My eyes glance at Hobs and Johan as violent shivers take hold of all of our bodies. The temperature must be plummeting even more so. I glance forwards as we approach the doors to the ship. They slide open, inviting us into the warmth. Quickly the crew and I take off our suits and hang them up on the black colored hooks just to the side of the door. Turning to face the large oval-shaped pod my ungloved hand rises and lands lightly on top of the smooth frigid surface; wiping away the ice from the front.

My eyes grow wide as they take in yet another being of this planet stuck in hypersleep just like the first one. But unlike the first one found this being seemed to be taller, with a highly muscular build, the same almost translucent white skin, and what seems to be shoulder-length pale mint green hair. My eyes travel down the tube to the bottom and take in the same kind of pictographs as the first pod. I can feel my brow furrow as I look upon this being.

For some reason, thoughts of this one can't be trusted flood my mind quickly. What the hell is wrong with me today? Shaking my head from side to side my hand rises from the front of the pod and up towards the bright red button on the wall. A loud clicking sound fills the still air and the pods on the slabs start to move down through the floor and into the loading bay. I glance up towards Hobs and Johan who are patiently waiting for further instructions from their Alpha.

“Let's go meet up with the rest in the common room.” The words leave my mouth quickly as we turn and make our way down the hall.