Rogue Warriors of Lorr
Captured By the Alien Epilogue

After laying Gruxor down for his afternoon nap, Scarlett headed back into the living room, where she She laughed to herself and wondered if he was still agonizing over the font layout for the advertiseme Though, the crease between his brows suggested it was definitely the former.

She sat next to him and leaned against his shoulder to look at the tablet clutched in his hands. On th

Grux still in the exact same spot on the couch where she'd left him only half an hour earlier. was going to have posted all over Noxxa to advertise PAPS's services or if he'd moved on to something different.

n was the same layout he'd been working on slowly over the past few days.

He'd first come up with the concept after visiting Trigg a few days ago to check up on how PAPS was running and noticed that since he and Kozien had stepped away, business had slowed. Scarlett had tried to reassure him that business would pick up eventually and people would always b Grux was understandably still worried.

Ever since Kozien had left Rosoha to live out in the tropics, Grux had shouldered the responsibility his

Her husband was a stubborn man and prided himself on his workload. So, she knew that suggesting f So instead, she compromised and suggested a flier for new business visibility.

"Still working?"

"I can't tell if this is too wordy or if it's not wordy enough..."

She tilted the tablet to her eye level so she could read the screen more clearly. Her eyes scanned over

"I think it looks good, love. No need to change anything."

"But do you think it makes sense?"

She smiled, rubbing his shoulder. Such a worrier. "If I were someone on the street and I read that on Grux held the tablet away from his face, squinting at the screen.

"Is it eye-catching?"

ering around with problems needing to be solved.

er had left behind, even though Trigg was more than capable of helping him with the burden.

to let Trigg take over the business altogether would most likely send him right over the deep end.

d, taking in the information that was listed as well as the short description of what kind of services PAPS had to offer.

the ad boards, I would be able to understand it perfectly."

"Hmmm." Scarlett tilted her head. "Maybe it needs a little more color. Or it could have a moving graph behind it." "Oh." His eyes lit up. "That's a good idea."

He pulled it back and sat it on his lap, his fingers tapping at the screen a few times to bring up a men

with different overlays and backgrounds. She watched him work for a while, loving how creativity seemed to flow through his fingers.

Before their eyes, the flier came to life-complete with a moving background image as well as text that was eye-catching and interesting to look at that would definitely snag the attention of anyone who walked by it. "Where are you going to put this?"

Grux leaned back into the couch, toggling off the screen and letting it go dark.

"I was thinking of having it at bus stops and park benches. Places where I know there'll be a lot of foot traffic from people who may need our services."

She nodded, tucking herself into his side.

"That's a good idea. You know, you could also advertise on those media boards that we walk by on the way to the grocery store. Most people walk that strip during their daily commutes to and from work."

Grux smiled at her, tossing the tablet to the other side of the couch, and grabbed her to pull her into his lap. "Have I ever told you how smart you are?"

"Hmm, maybe once or twice."

His hands moved up her back, one of them curling around the back of her head to tug her down into a kiss. "How about a third?"

Scarlett ran her hands through his dark hair, feeling the silky lengths flow between her fingers. She tilted her head and kissed him deeply, a small groan leaving his lips as she did so.

He turned them on the couch, repositioning them so she wasn't in danger of falling off if she decided to lean back suddenly. Scarlett's hips sat on his, straddling him while her hands pushed him further into the couch cushions. This was the perfect opportunity for them to finally get some alone time.

Ever since coming back from their honeymoon, they'd been so caught up in the new parent life that they'd started to neglect each other in the romance department. Not to mention the fact that they'd been busy moving into their new place on top of it all. Scarlett was happy that her life was finally starting to settle down, though. It felt like a millennium since she'd been comfortable.

She and Grux had fallen into a routine where they didn't constantly feel the need to watch over their shoulders or feel like they needed to be walking on eggshells while under the king's thumb.

Now that they were finally out on their own, they were really starting to thrive.

"I missed you," she mumbled against his lips, her hand finding its way up his shirt.

He sat up, letting her strip it off of him before lying back down again. "I missed you. Sorry, I've been running back and forth so much between PAPS and Lorr."

She hushed him with her lips on his. She didn't want to talk about his work right now. All she really cared about was feeling his body on hers.

Getting the silent message, Grux wrapped his arm around her waist and flipped them. Scarlett smiled up at him and ran her hands over his pecs and down his arms. The hard muscles underneath flexed under her fingers.

He grabbed a hold of her swing dress, pushing it up to her ribs to trail his lips from her stomach down to her hip bone.

Scarlett bit her lip, flexing her legs open for him so he could settle his body against hers.

Just then, his comms let out a blaring sound, startling both of them.

"Damn it," he mumbled, sitting up.

As he climbed off of the couch, Gruxor started to cry in the other room. Most likely from the comms going off. "Sorry," he said, frowning when he grabbed the device off of the kitchen counter.

She shook her head, standing and pulling her dress down. "It's okay. Let me settle him real quick."

Grux pulled her into a soft kiss as she passed him, making her smile. "Hurry back."

As Scarlett went to settle the baby back down for his nap, Grux tapped on the interface for his comms messaging. It flashed obnoxiously, a red alert that he wasn't familiar with catching his attention first. When he clicked on the notification, he felt his heart lurch.

An SOS?

Grux immediately brought the device over to his tablet and linked them together. It seemed to be coming from one of his contacts. Bringing up the main screen, he tapped on the notification.

He noticed right away that listed next to his own name was Kozien's as well.

"Trigg?"

Grux had left his younger brother in charge of PAPS while he and Kozien had taken a step back temporarily to focus on their new budding families. Now that they were both newly married with babies, it was difficult to concentrate on anything else outside of that. Both of the brothers wanted to be good mates to their wives, and that meant some sacrifices with the business had to be made.

Of course, neither of them were giving up on PAPS altogether and letting Trigg take over the place full time-that would've been insane for them to do to their own flesh and blood-but instead, they'd told Trigg that for now, they'd be helping from the sidelines. Not to mention the fact that Kozien now lived halfway across Noxxa in the tropics, which made it hard to have any sort of "family meeting" in person when it came to what needed to be done with PAPS.

But Trigg, always a good sport about things, had been fine with the change and rotations in positions. His younger brother liked to work alone anyways, so the time he had without both of his brothers breathing down his neck was probably something he was looking forward to.

But now, with this SOS, Grux was worried.

Bringing up the map that was attached to the SOS signal, he shook his head at where the signal had been pinging from. He didn't recognize where the location pin was on the map, nor did he recognize the town that was labeled nearby. What the hell kind of trouble had his brother gotten himself into this time?

He tried to think back to any of the recent jobs Trigg had been rambling on about while he had last gone over there to check on him. However, nothing that brought Trigg anywhere close to being out of the city was coming to mind. He could've gotten recently assigned to it, but then what the hell could've gone down within the past two days that he'd needed to send out an SOS?

Trigg wasn't one to needlessly use those kinds of services. Even if he was the baby of their family, he was far more independent than people gave him credit for. It was sometimes even a little surprising to witness firsthand. Just then, a message was delivered.

Quickly, Grux opened it.

His eyes scanned over the small text as it read, "Kozien + Grux: Urgent."

"Oh, Trigg," he mumbled. "What have you done now?"