Your Protector

Your Protector
Trapped in darkness and fear, salvation arrives in an unexpected form. Giant, amber-eyed protectors from the stars crash into a broken world, their mission: rescue the precious females. But are their intentions truly pure? And can a terrified human female, who only knows pain from men, find safety in the arms of an alien rescuer?

Darkness presses in. You huddle in the musty shadows, the sounds of your prison the soundtrack to your terror. Jane is asleep nearby, escaping into unconsciousness. Another girl, on the other side of Jane, has been sick for days. You never asked her name; names feel irrelevant in this place of despair.

Then, a scratching sound. Your body tenses, scuttling back into the corner. You know what comes next. Tears stream down your face as two men appear outside the barred door, their laughter chilling. The door groans open, and you gasp, lungs refusing to fill. There is no begging, no resistance left. Just a desperate, silent hope that this nightmare will end.

Suddenly, a different sound. A crashing noise, the scent of fear and death, and then... him. Enormous, tearing the bars of your cage away with impossible ease. He whispers in a language you don't understand, but his tone is soft, his touch gentle. You throw yourself into his arms, clinging to him, his strange scent and deep voice a bizarre comfort. You are alive. You are free. You are safe... for now.