Return: Mate of the Cave Bear: The Dualis Book, #3

By Harmony Raines

Part of a serial - contains cliffhangers
Return (Mate of the Cave Bear) Book Three Of The Dualis
Torn away from Haran, Jenna must find a way back in order to save their child. With help from on surprising source, can she return to her mate and help the other Dualis find sanctuary?

Or will they be forever apart through time and space?

Contains scenes only suitable for adults.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Silver Moon
• Release date: Oct 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781519971326

Book preview

Chapter One

Jenna

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This was something she couldn’t fight, no matter how hard she tried. The colours made her head spin, and bright flashed blinded her until she was struck by a migraine, so bad; she thought her brains were being pulled out through her temples. If the wormhole terrified her the first time, this was worse, because she feared for the baby inside her. Could such a small thing survive this?

But if she thought the lights were bad, it was nothing compared to when the wailing started.  A loud shrieking; the kind that you hear on old war movies to tell you to get to an air raid shelter, but there was no shelter, no escape. All she could do was endure.

And then it ended. With a sickening thud, she landed on the hard floor of a darkened room. A new panic took hold of her, where was she? Shouldn’t she be surrounded by scientists and a smugly smiling Mr. Trimble with his scalpel out ready to cut her baby from her? Instead, there was nothing but the faint sound of a fire alarm.

Trying to get up, she found her legs wouldn’t work and the urge to be violently sick was overwhelming. Taking a large breath, she heaved herself up onto her feet. Reaching out blindly, her fingers encountered a cool wall glass surrounding her. Once her eyes adjusted properly, she realised she was in fact in the same room she had left months ago. She had been returned to Tworn Corporation. But where was everyone?

Feeling her way along the glass, she tried to shake of the complete sense of disorientation the wormhole had given her. Only gravity told her which way was up and which way was down, because her head was still spinning. Although, luckily her headache was beginning to clear.

Sure she had found the door; she pushed it and pulled it trying to make it budge. It was no good, she was certain it was secured from the outside.

Did she really want to bang on the door and get someone’s attention? For now, no one knew she was here. If she could get the wormhole to open up she might be able to return to Haran with no one at Tworn ever knowing she had returned. It was risky though, without knowing how to operate the controls correctly, she could simply end up hurtling through the universe and end up god knows where.

Then she caught movement, a figure in the lab moving towards her. Someone did know she was here. Moving along the glass to get a better view, she was relieved when Martha came out of the shadows, shaking, and deathly pale and with a slight smile of disbelief on her face. Jenna hoped the spirits were watching over her and Martha didn’t have some kind of orders to kill her.

Martha, Jenna said, watching the woman as she slowly approached.

Twenty fifty two, August 15th, 2165, Martha said, her voice filed with the same disbelief visible on her face.

I don’t know what that means, Jenna said, trying to keep the panic from her voice.

I know you don’t. But we have been waiting for this day, this moment for thousands of years.

Martha, are you a member of some kind of cult?

Martha laughed, a sound verging on hysteria. You could say that. Although if I am, I’m a member of the Dualis cult.

Jenna’s blood ran cold, how did Martha know about the Dualis? I don’t understand, Martha, what is going on?

You came back.

I know, the tether kicked in and pulled me back through. But Martha, I need to go back.

Martha stared at her for a moment and Jenna thought she had made a mistake telling her what she wanted, what she needed, but then the young woman became more herself. Right. Yes, you need to get out of there.

No, Martha. I need to go back; the Tworn Corporation can’t take my baby.

I know. But you can’t go back, not yet.

Jenna was stunned, once again, she asked Martha, What is going on?

I set off the fire alarm, the building is being evacuated, but we don’t have much time. Soon they will begin a sweep of the building to find out the cause.

Then send me back right now. Set the timer and open the wormhole.