Her Alien Warrior Prince by Roxie Ray

Author:Roxie Ray [Ray, Roxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-30T05:00:00+00:00

12

Akzun

I paced around my chamber like a Krowbian Flame-Tiger, raging inwardly at Carly, at Lun, at Torqa and M'ruvev – but most of all, at myself.

“Having some trouble keeping the human woman in line?”

I turned and found Zark sitting on the sill of the open window, a smile on his face.

“That's not terribly surprising,” Zark continued, hopping down from the window. “I know you haven't spent a tremendous amount of time around human females – you've only had brief encounters with them during your diplomatic visits to Earth, to consult with their rulers. But they're far more temperamental and mercurial than Valkredian women. Carly will simply need time to adjust. The only question is: Will your temper allow you to grant her that time? Or would you rather assign her a cell in the lower levels and be done with it? If so, please let me know so I can be first in line to have a drink.”

The jealousy flared within me again, but one look in Zark's eyes told me that he wasn't being serious – he was just teasing me, trying to get a rise out of me.

Brothers. They always know just which buttons to push, don't they?

“I can't do that,” I replied tightly.

“Then you should probably stop threatening her with it, don't you think?” Zark turned a chair backward and straddled it, resting his arms on its back. It was an affectation that had always bothered me, and he knew it – he was still trying to provoke me. “After all, empty threats are not the tools of a wise or effective ruler.”

“So you've come to tell me what it means to be a good ruler, as well,” I snapped. “Wonderful. You're the third one today. Perhaps I should call in the cook or one of the cleaning staff, and get their opinions about the best way to lead an empire.”

“Now you're just being silly, brother. Have you told her that you want her to be your mate?”

“She knows. She found out while we were telepathically linked.”

He winced, drawing air in through his teeth in a pained hiss. “That is so much worse. Her species doesn't have psychic abilities… well, most of them don't, anyway. She doesn't understand that even if what we communicate nonverbally is what we might truly mean, our feelings must be ratified to each other out loud, to cement it. Otherwise, how is she supposed to know what's real and what's just a fleeting desire or fantasy? Especially when you don't even seem sure of which it is yourself.”

“It's this thrice-damned bloodlust!” I said, exasperated. “Even now that I've consumed blood from one of the slaves in the dungeons, I still can't shake its effects! I still can't tell the difference between my cravings and what I truly want! It's ripping me apart! How am I supposed to end this war – and make things right with Carly – if I can't even make sense of my own actions?”

Zark shrugged, not unkindly. “When

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