Chapter 401-410

Chapter 401
“Last thing,” Sasha said quietly, looking at Zev. “If anything goes wrong at any time—tonight, tomorrow, whenever… get out of here. Take who you can, but get out. We’ve been given this one shot. If it all goes wrong and you’re the only one left, get out. You can’t fight the humans if they come through with weapons. It’s that simple. Don’t try. If the threat appears… leave. Take who you can and make a new life. You know how to do that now—you will be the legacy that this whole people leaves behind. And that’s a good thing. So don’t question it. Just go.”

They all squirmed in their seats, while Zev went rigid beside her. She put a hand on his arm without looking at him. “It’s my job to make the last stand, not yours, you hear me? Your job is to get out of here and to never, ever reveal what the gateway can do to the humans. Ever. When you go tonight, you don’t tell the females what the gateway can do, just in case. You only tell them we have a safe place for them, where the humans can’t touch them. That’s it. When we go pick them up, that’s when we’ll explain. We just can’t risk the humans figuring this out.”

“But you’re human, and you figured it out,” Jhon offered.

Sasha shrugged. “Well, if they know it already, we can’t control that. But the Gateway took me somewhere it says the humans can’t reach, so I don’t think they do. And let’s keep it that way.”

They all got to their feet then and started down the trail towards the Gateway, talking quietly. Lhars was watching Kyelle, but Zev stepped in to talk to him about the group of females he was going to look for, and Sasha tugged at Kyelle’s elbow before she followed them.

Kyelle turned to her, her eyes haunted.

“Be honest: Are you upset because I didn’t want you to go through—I had to choose the guys because they were the only ones left. The females trust you, Kyelle and I don’t think it’s safe to have such a large group corralled here by the guys, they might—”