Mated to the Alien Volume One by Kate Rudolph & Starr Huntress

Author:Kate Rudolph & Starr Huntress
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: space alien romance, alien spy romance, alien romance, fated mates, paranormal romance bundle, sci fi romance bundle, science fiction romance bundle, alien romance bundle
Publisher: Kate Rudolph
Published: 2019-01-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

One view of the video and Nina believed her. Especially when Dorsey admitted she’d been carrying red crates much like the ones in Lex’s cargo hold. They couldn’t all have carried Tarnian amethysts, but some of them must have.

Nina controlled the gem trade on and off the entire planet not due to her position as warlord, but as the scion of a centuries old family that had laid claim to the mines. A short conference that Dorsey, Ty, and Reina were permitted to attend revealed that Droscus had found a source of gems and had been funneling them off planet for some time.

“I had no proof,” said Nina, “and could not act. Not without causing an incident.” She sneered the last word as if concern for political repercussions was a weakling’s excuse.

Nina’s top ranking advisor, Captain Kayn, stood by her and kept his mouth shut. But his lips compressed into a tight line, and Dorsey thought he probably had something to say that Nina wouldn’t like.

“How many times did you make these shipments for Droscus?” Nina asked, more accusation than question.

Dorsey began to reel back, but Ty was there, his arm brushing against hers in silent support. “I carried authorized loads for him several times,” she admitted. It wasn’t illegal to work for different powers, but they didn’t like it when someone acknowledged that they’d take money from the enemy. “But I stopped agreeing to his shipments about six months ago. His people demanded deliveries in impossible timeframes and through dangerous space.” It had never been Droscus himself making the demands, but why would he? Intermediaries had been designed to deal with nothings like her. “The red crates showed up maybe two or three times after that. They didn’t have any markings on them, but they were under a containment order.”

Containment usually meant biohazard. The jobs carried a bonus with them and she’d always trusted the seals to keep her safe.

“And you think he continued to use you?” Kayn pressed. “Why?”

Dorsey thought about it. She’d been trying to figure that out since they’d seen the holovid. Ty grabbed her hand and squeezed, her silent guardian. “I have clearance to ship outside the system.” It wasn’t rare, but only about thirty percent of Consortium pilots bothered. “And,” she added, “I’m not from here. I’m from Earth. Maybe... I don’t know, but that might be part of it.”

“Do you think your capture was related?” Nina asked. Her hair was braided in a pattern on her head and she wore dark battle leathers rather than her uniform coat. “Why didn’t he kill you?”

“They were supposed to kill her,” Ty broke in, a rough edge in his voice.

“What?” Nina demanded, her narrowed gaze zinging from Dorsey to him.

But Dorsey understood what he meant and picked up his thought. “Freight pilots get killed by pirates often enough that it wouldn’t raise many questions,” she said. “So if you were going to kill one, you’d hire them. But the pirates were also slavers. So they

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