The Alpha General's Substitute Bride
“Cover your nose, Tempest. Goddess, I don’t think it’s healthy to be in such a closed space…”
“No, wait, Archer!” I fought him when he tried to push me aside.
“It’s a little farther in. I need to get there…”
“Tempest, NO!” He reached for my arm, but I slipped past him and almost ran to the spot I wanted.
Right in front of me rose a solid carapace so black it could’ve been obsidian.
Almost three meters. Concave. Sharp. Dangerous.
Worse, the black was smeared with a reddish slime clinging to it.