AA - 05 Heroic Abduction by Eve Langlais

Author:Eve Langlais
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: alien, ufo, opera, science, travel, space, sfr, Paranormal, Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Abduction
Publisher: Eve Langlais
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“If you see an advantage, exploit it.” – A Mercenary’s Guide to Prosperity

“Always fight fair.” – The Unofficial Guide to Heroism

Is she laughing? The sound was compelling, adorable, addictive, but so out of place given the situation. His mercenary genes reared their heads and smacked down his gallant attempt to rise past the taunting. Dyre glared at Betty.

First, she acted as if mating with him were a fate worse than death, wanted him to lie to the Zonian so she wouldn’t have to return to her home world, then she mocked his agitation at his father calling. He should have stayed on the space station and fought a few more pirates and bandits. At least they showed some respect.

And I am not behaving in a hero-like fashion at all. Nor did he want to. Being a hero wasn’t getting him where he needed with Betty, and he really needed to get closer to her. Like naked skin to skin closer. As in buried to the hilt, thrusting, sweating, and panting to a supernova climax closer.

But first, he had to deal with an irritating interruption. Already in a bad mood—which interestingly enough he hadn’t suffered much from since he left home—he opened the communication port and barked, “What do you want?”

“Is that any way to greet the head of your clan?”

“I have no clan. Or have you forgotten?” Dyre drummed his fingers on his armrest while Betty gaped at him.

“That was rude,” she whispered.

He shrugged. She’d soon learn that niceties didn’t go far with his father.

“I haven’t forgotten, but I just returned from a raiding mission and heard from your mother that you’ve kidnapped a human.”

“Rescued,” he corrected by rote.

His father’s bald crown wrinkled and his bushy brows drew together. But the true sign of his discomposure was the shade of his father’s scar, a deep reddish color only seen when greatly agitated, which, given Dyre’s antics, was often. “Just as bad! Those pale barbarians are a scourge.”

“How do you figure that?” Dyre asked.

“I’ve seen what’s happened to some fine warriors who took up with them. Tren, once the galaxy’s greatest assassin, has retired and become a councilor.”

Settling back in his seat, Dyre allowed the corner of his mouth to curl. “The way I heard it, he retired before meeting her and, as a delegate for our planet, has created more skirmishes for us to fight in than ever before, which, last I heard, was a good thing.”

His father growled. “Fine. But what about his brother? He also took up with one of those creatures. Where is he now?”

“Are you speaking of Jaro? He and his Zonian wife, according to rumor, were leading and fostering a rebellion on a planet in the Osirium quadrant and having a good time.” Or, as they’d apparently called it in the mercenary periodical Dyre still received, ‘having a wonderful vacation’.

“Why does it sound like you’re for these unholy pairings?” his father demanded.

Because I want one of my own. “The humans are actually quite interesting and attractive in their own way,” Dyre replied, shooting a look at Betty.

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