Alien Attachment – Lara Roth

“Yes,” I agree. “It is. For both of us.” Almost imperceptibly, she leans back, allowing the barrier of my tendrils to support her weight. Not quite touch, but acceptance of my presence, my protection. Through our bond, I feel her exhaustion pulling her toward sleep, her mind too weary to maintain its defenses. “You are safe here, with me, Kaylee,” I murmur, adjusting the light patterns to something even more soothing.

“For this moment, at least.” Her eyes flutter closed, her head tilting back to rest against the cushion of my tendrils. The sensation sends pleasant warmth through me—not the blazing heat of desire, but something gentler, more precious. Trust. Acceptance. The beginning of something that might, someday, become more.

“That’s the problem,” she whispers, her voice thick with approaching sleep. “Nowhere is safe. Not anymore. Not with what I am now.” “What you are now,” I say softly, “is not alone.” I feel her consciousness slipping, the bond between us softening as her mind surrenders to exhaustion. Even in sleep, her fear remains, a low hum beneath the surface of her dreams. Fear of capture, of ApexCorp, of the future—and beneath it all, fear of the bond itself, of the unwanted intimacy it forces upon her.

But there’s something else now, something new threading through her subconscious: awareness of my presence not as invader but as protector. The memory of my fury when the bounty hunter threatened her. The way my tendrils had moved to shield rather than constrain. As she sleeps, cradled in the protective circle of my tendrils, I study her face with something approaching reverence. In repose, the hard edges of her wariness soften, revealing the woman beneath the survivor’s mask. She is beautiful in ways I lack words to describe—not just her physical form, which my enhanced senses find aesthetically pleasing, but the fierce light within her.

Her determination. Her resilience. Her capacity for kindness even when it costs her.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2025 by Lara Roth Cover Art by Princely Gates Publishing All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without the written permission of the copyright owner, and where permitted by law.

For permission requests, email [email protected] 1kitap1.com/en Contents 1. Unmarked Cargo 2. My Anchor, My Light 3. Don’t Touch me (Yet) 4. The Space Between Us 5. My Light My Purpose 6. Too Much Want (And Fear of It) 7. Contact Confirmed 8. Biological Complications 9. Mine to Keep (If You Choose) 10. Safe Harbor 11. Claimed and Claiming 12. Exit Strategy 13. North Star 14. New Trajectories 15. Unfinished Business 16. Family Reunion Epilogue Teaser: Return to Sender A Note from Lara About Lara Other Books By Lara Roth 1kitap1.com/en 1 Unmarked Cargo Kaylee I’VE BEEN FLYING THIS particular route for six months, and I still can’t get used to the way the Averian Fringe makes my skin crawl.

Something about the nebula—all those swirling purples and blues that look like bruises against the black. Pretty from a distance. Deadly up close. Kind of like this job. “Proximity alert,” my ship’s AI chirps in that too-cheerful voice that makes me want to rip out its vocal processors with a plasma torch. “Asteroid field detected.

Recommended course correction: negative fifteen degrees on approach vector.” “Yeah, I can see that, Lila,” I mutter, already adjusting the controls. The Nomad’s thrusters whine in protest—again—as I pull us into a steeper angle, skimming the edge of the asteroid belt that rings this section of the Fringe. “How about you tell me something useful, like why the hell the ship’s running hotter than a Rigellian pleasure house?”

“Core temperature within acceptable parameters, Pilot Kaylee.” “Acceptable by whose standards? A dying star?” I swipe sweat from my forehead with the back of my hand. My jumpsuit is already clinging to every curve like a second skin, and not in the good way. “Seriously, Lila, if I wanted to be slowly roasted alive, I’d have stayed planetside and taken up sunbathing.” Lila doesn’t answer. She never does when I’m being difficult, which is most of the time these days. Can’t blame her, really.

Sixty months of hauling questionable cargo for OOPS would make anyone difficult. Orion Outpost Postal Service. The galaxy’s first… and last resort for getting things where they need to go, no questions asked. Their unofficial motto might as well be: “If it’s illegal, immoral, or impossible, we’ll still deliver it—eventually.

And probably with significant psychological trauma.”

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