Mated to the Alien Pirate_Celestial Mates by Leslie Chase

Author:Leslie Chase [Chase, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-11T16:00:00+00:00

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Marcie

My hands shook, the gun felt heavier than it had any right to be, and the muzzle wavered dangerously. But I refused to stand by and let this happen.

Arrax turned slowly, his hands spread wide and empty. I kept the gun aimed at his chest, my finger on the trigger, and tried to keep an eye on all the pirates.

The slavers. It made me sick to think I’d joined their crew when they traded in human misery like this.

“I’m not going to let you do this,” I said. Some of the pirates chuckled, an unpleasant sound, and I tried to keep them all in view. It would only take one of them getting behind me and I’d lose the small advantage I had.

“You don’t have a choice, girl,” someone said, and the pirates began to spread out around me. I’d taken them by surprise, but that only bought me one shot. After that, well, they’d kill me or capture me.

I glanced at the stasis tubes full of slaves headed to market. If they caught me, would that be my fate too?

I’d just have to try not to get caught. Gripping the pistol tighter, I narrowed my eyes and focused on Arrax. This wasn’t a fight I had any chance of winning, but maybe, just maybe, I’d be able to do some good before I lost it.

“You’re going to jettison this cargo pod,” I said, trying to keep my voice firm and strong as though I knew what I was doing. “Turn on its emergency beacon and launch it. Then you get the hell out of here.”

It wasn’t much of a chance for the hundreds of slaves packed in tight, but it was the best option I saw. With luck, a Galactic Patrol ship would find them before some other slave traders did. Unlikely, but possible.

“You don’t understand,” Arrax said, a strange expression on his rugged, handsome face. Something like a smile, but not quite. His emotions were impossible to read as he took a step towards me. “We aren’t slavers. Trust me. Put down the gun.”

I took up the slack on the trigger, keeping the weapon pointed at his chest. Trust him? Impossible. I’d fled Earth to escape slavers, and now it turned out that the man I’d run to was one himself.

Is it better or worse that he steals the slaves from other slavers? I didn’t know. Too many questions buzzed around in my head and I tried to focus on what to do next. Staying with the pirates would be suicide. I had to take my chances with the slaves in their stasis, as bad as their odds were.

Mine would be worse. At least in the stasis chambers they wouldn’t starve or run out of air while they waited for someone to find them.

I gestured with the blaster, trying to herd the pirates towards the door. Zarr backed off, others followed, but Arrax didn’t move. I glared at him. How the hell had I found him attractive? He traded in human misery.

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