“The Hive were in your home. They will kill you if you return.” Maxim’s tone had not changed.
“Are you all Neanderthals? Do you understand English? It’s not me I’m worried about! I need to go home.”
Ryston tried to calm me. “I have alerted our assets on Earth. They will make sure your apartment is safe for your sister’s return.”
Great. So, Lark was going to walk into a blood smeared, dead-body apartment with a bunch of aliens waiting for her? “I need to talk to her. She’s going to freak.”
“My lady, apologies. We cannot separate you from your mate. It would be dangerous for everyone involved.” Governor Maxim, the leader of this place, was not budging. Not one bit. Fine.
“Then wake him up.”
Doctor Surnen shook his head. “His injuries were extensive. He was in a lot of pain. We must allow the ReGen pod to do its healing work.”
“I can’t wait. My sister could walk into that mess with those Hive things. She works nights, but she’ll be going home any time now. What time is it on Earth? She gets off at seven. They’ll kill her, too, right? Are those dead bodies still in my apartment?”
“We do not know, my lady,” Doctor Surnen responded.
“Take me back now.” I was so tired of arguing with these guys. So, so tired. I hadn’t slept in at least a day and a half, by my calculations. Not sure, since I was on a different planet. The transport experience had been a bit painful, but I survived. The doctor and his staff had helped me clean up, given me something to drink, and waved the glowing wand all over me. That helped, for a while. Then the poking and prodding started. Scanning. Injections. They stabbed me behind the ear to embed a universal translator thing in my head—totally amazing, it worked instantly—but I’d been sitting here forhours. Arguing. Trying to get them to take me home. I really needed to go home, find Lark and warn her.
“You are Kai’s mate. We can do no such thing. I assure you, the beasts on Earth will ensure her safety.” The governor spoke slowly, like I was the one with the listening problem.
“No, I’m not his mate. I’m not his anything. I’m telling you, there’s been a mistake. I don’t even know him. I’ve never seen him before in my life. Why won’t you guys listen to me?” Could I fight my way out of here? No freaking way. Maybe, if I was fast enough, I could run. They were all massive, bulky males. Maybe I could dart between their legs and make it to the hallway. But then what? I didn’t know where to go. I didn’t know how to work their transporter things. I was stuck. Trapped.
“Is she injured?” The deep voice came from the open doorway and I looked up to find Warlord Kai standing there, buck naked.
Holy shit.Everything was big. Muscles. Shoulders. Thighs. And his cock was…hard. Ready. Really, really ready to go. Oh my god, did that actually fit inside any normal human woman? It must. I knew, logically, that human females had become mates to these Atlan guys, butdaaaamn.
He stood up straighter, practically shoving his junk toward me like he was proud of it, happy to show off. I felt my cheeks heat. How embarrassing. I was staring.
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He was so big.So naked. So very, very naked.
Nope. Not happening. He was good looking, as Atlans went. But I felt nothing for him. Nothing. Didn’t mean I didn’t admire a fine male specimen, but no. Not for me.
Helaughed.Was he laughing at me? Because I was embarrassed? Or because he truly thought something about this insane situation was funny? Was he right in the head?
Doctor Surnen cleared his throat. “She’s fine. There was bruising around the restraints, but I?—”
He moved before I could blink. So fast. Kai cradled my hands in his, inspecting the skin the doctor had healed with his glowing, magic wand thing.
“—ran the ReGen wand over them and they healed nicely.”
Was he trembling? Why didn’t he let go? I pulled my hands free and looked up at him. “Listen, Warlord Kai. That’s your name?”
“Indeed.” He was staring at me. Not blinking. Like he couldn’t look away. So not good.
“I appreciate you showing up like you did. Those Hive guys were scary, and they kept threatening me. I think they might have killed me. I don’t know.”
He growled like a wild animal. I’d heard him make that sound in the apartment, right before he killed one of the Hive guys. Scary. Somehow, the fact that his huge, erect penis was bobbing right in front of me didn’t make the growl less feral. Was he going to pounce on me? Try to seduce me? He was definitely getting worked up.
“God.” I lifted my hand to block my view of his privates. Who could have a conversation like this? Didn’t being bare-ass naked bother him at all? I mean, there were three other guys in the room. “Can you put on some pants? I can’t have a conversation like this.”
“I am yours.”
Well, hell. What did that mean? He wasn’t embarrassed because, by his standards, his cock was mine? Strangely charming sentiment, but also weird. I lowered my hand but refused to look… down. I held his gaze. “Okay. Listen. There’s been a mistake. I don’t know anything about any pictures. I don’t know you. You need to take me home.”
