His Human Prisoner: An Alien Warrior Romance (Zandian Masters Book 2) by Renee Rose

Author:Renee Rose [Rose, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Burning Desires
Published: 2016-11-24T18:30:00+00:00

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Rok scooped his little human onto the sleeping platform and crawled in beside her, wrapping an arm over her waist and molding her soft body against his. Despite the difference in their sizes, in their species, she nested perfectly with him.

He hit the button on the wall behind his head to extinguish the artificial light in the room. He hated that weak light—his cells longing for the crystal-amplified sunlight Zandia had featured.

“Is that why you don’t like when I call you master?”

His chest closed, the ache every time she said that word automatic. Taraw had called him that, with complete surrender and total submission. She’d look up at him with adoration, waiting for his command.

“She called you that.”

He sucked in a breath, startled. Did the human read minds like Mierna?

“Who?”

“Depri’s sister. You never said her name.”

“Taraw. Yes.”

Silence stretched between them as his throat closed with grief and guilt. “I’m sorry for your loss.”

He couldn’t speak. Taraw had been as different from Lily as a female could be. Willowy and tall, like Depri, she’d been a warrior, as forceful as any. Only on the sleeping platform did she surrender. Lily had been a slave, trained in subservience, but she resisted her real surrender. That was the part that had frightened her earlier.

“I’ve never loved anyone.” Her voice sounded hollow. The emptiness of it scraped at his chest.

“No?” The image of her sister and mother’s faces, pinched with concern over her flashed in his mind. “No family? Friends?”

“None. The closest I came to friends were those slaves I escaped with. But…”

“But what?”

“Things turned divisive with them almost as soon as we settled. There wasn’t enough food to go around. Things were hard. We took care of each other, but there was a lot of infighting and resentment.”

“They all died in the explosion?”

“Yes. I was out foraging for food. We weren’t supposed to be out alone, but I’d needed some time away. I was still enjoying my freedom.” The bitterness in her voice made him wince.

But she wasn’t a slave anymore, not really. If she didn’t realize that yet, she would soon. Even more when she was reunited with her mother and sister. He smiled, knowing she couldn’t see him in the darkness. Giving her that gift—one she’d never had, or could no longer remember—would be sweet.

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