An unintended abduction…
The astonishment in
her expression was replaced by growing fear. No woman had ever looked at Jape
with fright before. He was a bolep, an
enforcer and warrior, charged with keeping others safe. Although he’d failed in
that task spectacularly three months before, he still saw himself as the kind
of man who defended the vulnerable. That this delicate creature thought he
would consider harming her was a blow to his pride.
Why do you care if she fears you? Most
Earthlings have proven themselves to be untrustworthy.
She doesn’t know you. She’s projecting what she herself
could be guilty of.
Still, he couldn’t
cope with the failure of his mission and her cringing at the same time. The pod
would take care of itself now that it was on its way to its destination, allowing
Jape to ignore the vessel’s workings. He could focus on his unintended
passenger.
He folded his arms
over his chest and snorted at the Earthling. He spoke loud enough for the ship’s
translator program to decipher for her. “I will not harm you. I will return you
to your planet as soon as I can.”
She blinked to hear
her language spoken in his deep, carrying voice. Her alarm edged down a notch,
and she spoke in a husky alto that thrummed through Jape’s gut. “Why did you
kidnap me in the first place?”
The golden flecks
in her eyes were a match for the portal passage’s flickers in the windows. They
flashed brighter as she spoke. Fires of her spirit, strong despite her
uncertainty. Jape swallowed.
“You weren’t supposed
to be there.”
Engineer Velia Farrah always wanted to see an alien up close. Now that she’s assigned to study the top secret portal linking Earth to other worlds, she’ll get her chance. But when a fierce, gold-skinned alien from Risnar leaps from the portal and whisks her back to his home planet, “up close” takes on a whole new meaning.
Believing Earthlings had killed his fellow warriors, Jape Bolep is determined to destroy Earth’s access to Risnar once and for all. Grabbing a curvy handful of a human wasn’t part of the plan, but he has no intention of letting her distract him from his need for vengeance—no matter how much he aches to make her his.
Both are ready to do battle over right and wrong and good and evil, and their combustible relationship burns hotter than the sun's surface. But distrust and treachery from all sides leave Velia and Jape in a fight against their own people to keep each other alive—and to ultimately save both Earth and Risnar from total destruction.
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