It was my turn to snort. “Billions.”

The grin on his face never faded over the next hour as I worked. When I was done, he was asleep. Cormac had to help me stand. My feet had gone numb and tingled as they tried to come back to life. My back ached from leaning over Ruk for so long, and my knees felt like I’d tried to do hours of yoga on a hard floor with no mat.

I leaned into him, content when his arm settled around my waist, and his hand came to rest on my hip. He felt like home already.

With a sigh full of regret, I pulled away. “Okay. Who’s next?”

“Where is he?” A loud shout sounded from the corridor outside where we stood. Seconds later, an unfamiliar male burst into the room. He was big, but not as big as Cormac or the Atlans, but still well built. He had dark brown hair with an attractive amount of stubble, piercing green eyes and the bits of his skin I could see on his neck were covered with tattoos of…names? He had fangs, as did the silver-haired alien who stomped in behind him. This one had hair so pale it looked silver. It was long and woven into a braid that somehow made him look sexier. They stopped cold in their tracks when they caught sight of Cormac and me.

“What the fuck happened to you?” The dark-haired one demanded. He was glaring at Cormac. The look he was giving my mate made me mad. So I stepped in front of Cormac and glared right back.

Don’t do it, Abby. Don’t do it.

Shit. I’d never been much good at controlling my tongue with my father. Why should I start now? This guy—whoever the hell he thought he was—was not going to yell at Cormac like that again.

“Are you blind? I would think the ground outside would provide the answer to that question. Cormac and the others took out two ships full of Hive.”

The two males shifted their attention from Cormac to me. The silver-haired hunk spoke first. “No doubt. She’s human, all right.”

“What is that supposed to mean?” I asked. What was their problem?

The dark-haired male stared at me with intense green eyes—unnaturally green, like white frosting mixed with a few drops of food coloring. I would not look away. Cormac was mine and I was his. If he could battle those Hive things to protect me, I could stare down a rude stranger.

The staring contest lasted just a few seconds before he smiled. “Our mate, Harper, is also from Earth. I am Styx, Cormac’s brother. This is Blade.”

Oh. Oops. “Nice to meet you. I’m Abigail Gregg. But you can call me Abby.”

“Welcome to Styx legion, Abby. And welcome to my family.”

Family? I had a whole family now?