Stolen for the Alien Prince by Leslie Chase

Author:Leslie Chase [Chase, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-14T06:00:00+00:00

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Xendar

Watching the princess's eyes widen in surprise and fear, I didn't know what was going on, but I knew it was bad. And it had something to do with the newly arrived ship of grays.

That was all the hint I needed to turn her away from them and hurry out of sight behind a bulky cargo hauler. If that was someone who might know her in person, then we couldn't take the chance. Right now, there was no way our ship could outrun theirs, we'd be lucky if we could even make it to space, and that was if we could make it to the Nest Four without being spotted.

I doubted we could. A glance at the markings on the gray's saucer told me that they were bounty hunters, and they looked like a skilled and disciplined crew. It couldn't be a coincidence that this pack of hunters had turned up here right now. They had to be looking for the princess, and they looked a lot more professional and dangerous than the verkesh had been. Someone had been quick off the mark to hire them and send them after her, I guessed.

Killing them and stealing their ship was a tempting option, but too dangerous to actually attempt. There were a lot of the grays, and they only needed to get lucky once to leave the princess undefended and trapped.

"Keep walking casually," I said. We were a striking couple, an Acheran and a human woman together would draw attention no matter what we did. But if we ran there was no chance of us going unnoticed. "Who are they?"

She blushed and shook her head, flustered. I growled, feeling my impatience rise. No matter how difficult this was for her to talk about, I had to know what new threat we were facing. "Do you know them?"

"We've met," my princess said after a moment's pause. "Their captain's name is Keshiir. I, uh, gave him that scar on his face. I doubt he's forgotten me."

I cursed, torn between anger and admiration. She was clearly uncomfortable with telling that story now, but I resolved that one day I'd find out how an Imperial Princess had come to scar a bounty hunter captain. I wouldn't have expected them to even meet, and if it had come to violence I wondered how he was still alive after her guards were done with him.

None of that mattered now, of course. If this Keshiir would recognize her, it was vital that he didn't get the chance. Walking briskly around the freighter, I aimed us off the field and towards an alley. The grays were parked too close to the Nest to try to reach our ship unseen, and we'd need another plan. I risked a peek back past the freighter and saw that the grays were fanning out across the field. It looked like they were searching for something.

Or someone.

Damn it. It was still possible that I was wrong, they could be after a different bounty. Even

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