Kerr holds me in his arms, his breathing is steady and little puffs of warm air fall against the nape of my neck with each one as he sleeps behind me.

Gazing out the large window of our room, I look at the endless amount of stars against the blackness of space. My life has changed so quickly, and it has the wheels spinning in my head.

I’ve found it easy to use my mind to control movements. I wonder what other things I can do. If all the women created like me can do what I can, then we could easily take over Earth.

But that place is no longer my home. My new home is in a state of chaos I would assume with the uprising. It soothes a little that I can use my newfound powers to settle things once we get there.

Kerr moans and tightens his arm around me. Most likely having a dream. His voice is quiet as he mutters, “Quick, get us out of here.”

Then he suddenly thrashes and nearly knocks me off the bed. “Kerr, wake up!”

He sits up, his hand pulled back in a fist. He blinks at me and then looks around the room, wearing a confused expression. “Where’d they all go?”

“Who?” I ask as I snuggle back under the blanket. “You were dreaming, Sweetheart.”

“I could swear it was real, Kataline. There were men everywhere. The palace was full of them. Only it wasn’t the Earthlings. It was our own people. Someone else was taking over.” He lies back down, and his arms cross over his chest.

“It was only a dream. Go back to sleep. You have a lot of stress on you now that you’ve taken over for the King.” I turn on my side and run my hand over his tight chest.

Outside the window, I see things moving. Blue lights and they’re coming at us fast. I gasp and point.

Kerr sits up and turns to look out the window just as an alarm sounds throughout the ship. The captain’s voice fills the room. “Prepare for attack.”

Kerr bounds out of bed and throws on his clothes. “Get dressed, Kataline. We have to prepare.”

I rush out of bed and throw my dress back on. “Who are they?”

“Not sure. But we need to get my father. I can’t leave him locked up with this going on.” He slips his pants on and runs a hand through his hair, instantly taming the long, blonde locks.

“Kerr, are you sure that’s a good idea?” I pull my hair back into a ponytail and then take his hand as he leads me out of our room.

The corridor is full of guards making their way to wherever it is we all seem to be going. It’s a controlled chaos, and my heart is pounding.

Kerr has on a gold cloak he pulled from the closet just before we left. He places it around my shoulders. The guards all wear deep blue body suits and have put silver capes on over them. Something I haven’t seen them do.

“Are the cloaks something to protect us, Kerr?”

“Yes, they’re made of a material that resists many things. They help us protect ourselves,” he tells me as he leads me through the crowd of men.

“Where’s Bet?” I ask.

“She’ll stay in her room. Don’t worry. She knows what to do in a case like this.”

We stop in front of a door and Kerr opens it. His father is sitting on the bed, and another man is sitting in a chair near him.

The King looks back and forth at us with a frown. “I saw them coming a while back. I can’t believe the captain just now sounded the alarm.”

A beam of red light is coming towards us. I can see it out his window. “Look!” I point to the window.

Kerr grabs me and pushes me against the wall, covering my body with his. The ship groans as the light hits us, pushing us, making the ship lurch.

Thanks to Kerr’s strength neither of us fall, but the King lands on the floor with a thud.

Kerr lets me go and rushes to his father. “Father, are you okay?” He helps him up, and I see another red light coming towards us.

This time, I hold my hand up and shout, “There’s another one!” They all turn to look and amazingly it deflects before hitting us.

Then all of them turn to look at me. Stunned silence fills the room. The King looks at Kerr. “What else can she do?”

“We don’t know yet,” Kerr answers.

“Get her to the bridge,” the King says.

Kerr rushes to me, taking my hand. He stops and looks back at his father. “Can you be trusted, Father?”

He gives a nod, and I find a chill running through me. I’m not entirely sure he can be trusted. But I’m not in charge.

I go with Kerr to the bridge and find it’s at the top of the triangular shaped ship. It’s all enclosed in a see-through, glass-like material. From this point, I can see three smaller ships coming towards us.

“Have the other ships in the armada lined up behind us, Captain,” Kerr orders.

The captain looks back at him. “Mind telling me why?”

Kerr gives him a smile and points at another incoming red light. “Watch.”

He pulls me to stand in front of him, and I raise my hand. Once the light is almost to us, it deflects and jets off into space.

The captain and all the other men in the room look back at me in awe. Then the captain gets on his communication device and tells the other ships to get behind us.

I watch as the other ships move into place. Kerr takes my hand and looks deep into my eyes. “I think you can turn the laser around and send it back to the ship that sent it. It might blow it up. Think you could give that a try?”

I nod, and we move closer to the edge of the room. The distance seems far by sight, but I can make out the three ships. They come at us in a row. The middle ship pulses out another laser beam, and I watch it speed toward us.

This time, I focus on the middle ship, never letting my eyes move from it. When the red of the oncoming laser fills my vision, I hold up my hand. The laser bounces off some invisible wall and moves in the opposite direction.

Everyone is quiet as we wait to see what it will do to the ship that sent the destructive thing our way. A quick flash of light from the middle ship sends another red laser beam toward the one I sent back, and they collide in a burst of red, flaming light.

“Not what I intended but perhaps if you tried to deflect it further away from us, giving them no time to get another laser ready to fire would be the key, baby.” Kerr gives my shoulders a squeeze as he rubs them from behind me.

“I can try.” I watch all three ships and find myself a little overwhelmed as they all three fire at the same time.

“Kerr!” I look back at him frantically.

His blue-green eyes level on mine. “Stay calm. You can do this. Turn and focus. I believe in you, Kataline.”

My heart is pounding as I really fear that if all three of them hit us, they could blow us up. I turn and focus on the three beams rushing toward us.

Both hands go up, and I imagine all three beams turning back. Shouts and the sound of the men slapping each other’s hands fill the air as all three laser beams turn back.

I can’t even take in a breath as I wait to see what happens. In a glorious explosion of color, all three ships are no longer a threat to us.

Kerr has me in his arms before I can really take in what I’ve done. “You did it!”

My body begins to shake, and I find tears rolling down my cheeks. The sound of the other captains on the communication device draws my attention. One of them ask, “How did you do that?”

Our captain tells them all, “Our new Princess did that!”

Kerr nuzzles my ear. “I have the best wife ever.” His lips press against my neck, sending chills through me.

“What the hell am I, Kerr?” I look at him, and he finally sees I’m crying.

His thumbs wipe my tears as he takes my face in his hands. “Baby, don’t cry. You’re amazing. You saved us all.”

The sound of the King’s voice comes from behind us as he seems to have made it to the bridge. “She is amazing, and she will be the end of us Kerr.”

I shake my head sobbing and then bury my face in Kerr’s wide chest and wrap my arms around him. “Father, she just saved the entire royal family, and you dare to speak about her that way?”

“Mark my words, Kerr. If you allow her to live, life, as we have been accustomed to living it, will end. This woman will never see fit to walk a step behind or do as she’s told. Hell, you couldn’t take the strap to her if you tried.” The King’s words sting my ears, and I stop crying and pull my head off my husband’s chest.

Controlling my temper, so I don’t hurt the old asshole, I say, “Sire, I am not a threat to you. Please try to understand. This is new to me. But I am not an evil person who will use this against you. You are right about one thing though. I will not allow the strap to be used on me. And once I’m Queen it will be outlawed on your planet.”

Kerr’s arm tightens around me. His lips press the side of my head. “A discussion for another time, my love.”

“Do you see how she means to take our lives away?” The King throws his hands in the air. “Am I the only one who cares for our planet? The Earthlings have managed to take over yet another planet by awarding her to you, Kerr.”

Only men fill the room, and everyone looks at me for an answer. I shake my head. “I don’t wish to take over anything.”

“But you will, Kataline.” The King nods. “You will.”

What is this? Could he be right?