A moment later, Dergan appeared at the ‘doorway’ between the bins. He
glanced around, his expression grouchy. “Where is he? I want to yell at him
some more.”
“He’s not here.” Pana chuckled.
“Oh. Well.” The Nobek glanced at Maryam. His face reddened, and he stared
down at his boots.
Great. He was remembering her naked. “This isn’t a bit awkward, is it?”
she smarted off. Heat move from her throat to the top of her scalp.
“Should I leave?”
“I’ve been ordered to not touch her again,” Pana sighed.
Dergan glanced up at him. His lips wrinkled from his teeth in a show of
temper.
Maryam’s pulse quickened. Did the Nobek realize how sexy he was when he
was angry? Danger lurked beneath the surface, darkening his stare, making that
muscular body tense. No doubt the fact his irritation wasn’t directed at her
helped fuel the nervous excitement his warrior aura brought out.
Meanwhile, Pana brightened. “Kels didn’t mention anything about you two
getting to know each other better. I can watch.”
“Pana!” Maryam threw a pillow at him, her face flaming hot.
“Well, you were checking Dergan out.”
“She was? You were?” Danger was replaced by glee. The Nobek’s naughty
grin, openly lascivious, make Maryam laugh despite her embarrassment.
“Rogues, both of you. Fine, you’re easy on the eyes, Dergan. I admit to
ogling.”
“Kels made it clear I should keep my distance too.” He phrased it like a
question.
“I have no intention whatsoever of joining Sebast’s clan.” Maryam
realized belatedly she sounded as if she were encouraging Dergan to pursue her.
What was with her? She was begging for trouble. Yet her encounter with
Pana had brought slumbering urges to life. Maryam missed being with a man.
Being held. Consumed with passion.
Pana had started something Maryam didn’t want stopped. The realization
stunned her.
Defying
Earth laws and beliefs, putting her life in danger, Maryam carries the child of
a grieving Kalquorian clan—and falls in love with men she can’t have.
Maryam
left Earth’s repressive regime and her ruined dreams years ago. She lives on an
alien space station, trying to forget her disappointments. Then a young,
pregnant Kalquorian woman, seeking one last adventure, barrels into her life.
High-spirited Briel reminds Maryam of all she’s given up on.
Matara
Briel is soon followed to the station by her clan, three older men exasperated
with her antics. Clan Kels has one mission: to reclaim their wayward lifemate.
When the discovery is made that Earther women can carry Kalquorian men’s
children and save their people from extinction, Dramok Kels is tasked with a
new mission by his government: bring Maryam to Kalquor, by force if necessary.
Abducted,
Maryam is determined to resist her kidnappers at every turn. Earth declares her
corrupted and orders her execution for sinful relations with the Kalquorians, a
charge she is innocent of. They attack the ship taking her to the Kalquorian
Empire, leading to unthinkable tragedy—the death of Briel.
Discovering
Dramok Kels, Imdiko Pana, and Nobek Dergan are not the ruthless enemies she
believed them to be, Maryam makes a deal—she’ll carry their unborn child to
term if they set her free afterward. However, she’s not prepared for the impossible
love that explodes between her and Clan Kels, a love they dare not act on.
Or
will they?
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