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straining to keep me from changing into my full battle form. “This is not a negotiation.”

“No, you don’t understand. They have a good reason to keep her alive. Your mate is fine for now.”

Solana’s cold fear lingered in my blood, the taste of it bitter on my tongue. “You don’t know that. You don’t feel her fear.”

“Well imagine that times a hundred since my crew have felt that for longer. I also have females under my charge, my mechanic, doctor, and an enforcer, and all three of them are being fucked over for gods knows what purpose.”

His words hammered into me like a finely-honed weapon. My hands clenched into fists, my body readying itself to defend. Females were to be protected and honored. A female in distress would enrage any warrior of worth. “Where are they?” I hardly recognized my voice.

“If you want to save your mate, you have to be smart. If we get ourselves captured again, or get ourselves killed, that’s it. They’re done. We need reinforcements. That’s the only way we can get a jump on their tech. We only have one shot or else they’ll get the jump on us again. All of us. You. Your mate. My crew. Everyone. When will the rest of your squad get here?”

A few deep breaths slowed my change. The beast that raged inside of me settled so I could think. Cooler heads will prevail. My death wouldn’t bring honor to my family. Wouldn’t protect my mate. “They are in slipstream. An hour away, maybe less. Definitely gaining.”

“Good. That won’t help us in our immediate next steps, but if we time it right, we can get those fuckers off the ship. Right, I just need to defrost a few of these people, and it will give us a fighting chance against their tech.”

The memory of Solana, frozen in terror, and my complete inability to help her. The smuggler had a point. I was completely helpless against their weapons. “That immobilizing field?”

“Among other things. Those guys? They call themselves Kridrin. They’re nothing I’ve ever seen before. And I’ve seen a lot of scum in the uncharted sectors. A lot.”

Did he? Was that the reason the Legion command wanted Silar Praxis? “How do I know you won’t kill me as soon as they’re thawed out?”

“Trust me I ain’t got any beef with you. Besides, only an idiot would get between a Rodinian and his mate.”

I leaned into him, baring my teeth. “I don’t know you. Maybe you are an idiot?”

Despite being in a neck hold, Silar managed a laugh. “I may not be book smarts, but I don’t need to be borrowing trouble. They fucked with my crew. They fucked with you. I say, an enemy of an enemy is my friend.”

I assessed him, the fire in his eyes and the rage he held back behind his smiling face. Silar Praxis was no ordinary two-bit smuggler. Beneath his facade, he was a warrior and my instincts told me that I could trust him—at least when it came to rescuing his crew.

Helping him would get me to Solana quicker, and it wouldn’t hurt to have extra eyes against an unknown enemy. “Fine. Your crew. Then, Solana.”

The End

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Captured By An Alien

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