Warriors of the Lathar by Mina Carter

Author:Mina Carter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mina Carter

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Dani froze as the big alien warrior stepped into the ring with her. A shiver raced down her spine at the hard look on his face. He wasn’t playing around or being civil anymore. This was serious. He was serious. She swallowed, her suddenly dry throat clicking.

She needed to win this. Or he would own her. Claim her. Not happening.

“Oh, this is bullshit!”

“Your Majesty, I really must protest!” Kenna and Madison cried at the same time.

Dani rolled her shoulders, an eye on her new opponent even as Madison pushed forward to put a hand on Daaynal’s.

“Your Majesty,” her voice was tight, urgent. “Surely Major General Black has proven that our women fight just as well as your men. Putting her in with a fresh opponent seems a little… unfair, wouldn’t you say?”

Everyone in the room froze as Daaynal looked down at Madison’s hand.

Dani sucked in a quick breath. Shit, did they have rules against touching the boss or something? She hoped not. She needed to get Madison out of here in one piece or her head was going to be on the chopping block with command. How she was going to do that when she was unarmed against a whole ship full of alien warriors she had no clue. Orders from command rarely made sense.

Madison snatched her hand back, skin pale, and the emperor shook his head.

“Both combatants are already within the circle. The challenge will proceed.”

Dani caught her opponent’s gaze with a hard look of her own. If he thought she’d go easy on him because he’d been her escort, or because she thought he was good-looking, he had another think coming. She wasn’t so easily swayed, despite what the Lathar might think about human women. Or humanity in general.

She’d seen in a heartbeat what Madison hadn’t, that this was a setup, but not quickly enough to get them both out of harm’s way. Now she could only save one of them.

“I’m good with going ahead, on one condition.” Her words were directed to Daaynal. He lifted a hand to halt the fight for a moment.

“What condition?”

Dani’s heart rate was above normal waiting for his answer. She needed him to agree to this or the whole plan fell apart.

“That whatever the outcome of this match,” she motioned between herself and the Latharian warrior in front of her. “The vice president is free to return to the Defiant.”

The quick look of surprise that flared in the backs of the emperor’s eyes made her bite back a smile of triumph. The possibility that she might sacrifice herself to gain something of greater importance obviously hadn’t occurred to him. Good. Humanity had few enough advantages against the Lathar. At least, if they could keep the alien race guessing, that was something.

A hush fell over the room as she waited for Daaynal to reply. She held her breath. Then he nodded.

“Agreed. Should the vice president wish to leave, of course.” His voice rose over the sound of a nearby warrior’s protest. Dani ignored the ruckus, her gaze locked to the emperor’s, and then she nodded.

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