Guard: Galactic Gladiators: House of Rone #5 by Hackett Anna

Author:Hackett, Anna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-07T16:00:00+00:00

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I hope you enjoyed this prequel story!

Read on for Cyborg Guard, Xias and Seren’s story.

Cyborg Guard

Chapter One

She’d finished her tasks for the day, and she hoped her imperator had more work for her.

Seren dan Stal strode down the busy, stone-lined tunnel, her pace brisk and no-nonsense. She didn’t have to dodge the house workers and staff crowding the tunnel—no, when they saw her coming, they got out of her way.

A gladiator walking past her slowed his pace, his gaze going to the implants on her forehead. She glared at the big man and he hastily looked away.

She was almost at the House of Rone. It had been her home for several years—ever since she’d come to the desert world of Carthago. She didn’t let herself think of her homeworld or the time before Carthago very much. A pang burned under her heart. Her world had been wiped out by a virulent virus that had spared no one.

As far as she knew, she was the last of the Dan Nonian species in the galaxy.

Seren squashed the burst of emotion that cut into her belly. She was a cyborg, a fighter, and now part of the House of Rone elite cyborgs under Imperator Magnus Rone. She had several implants to enhance her natural abilities, and she was very good at what she did—fighting.

Dan Nonia had been renowned for brilliant, disciplined fighters. Unlike some of the other cyborgs she worked with, Seren felt emotion, but she’d been trained from childhood to suppress and control her feelings.

Seren’s father had been head of the prestigious Dan Nonian Warrior Academy, and he’d been determined that his daughter would be one of the best.

Now, he was dead, along with the rest of her planet.

But Seren continued to honor him and be the best cyborg she could be.

She passed the doors to the House of Loden, carved with the emblem of two fighting gladiators. The guards eyed her warily.

Everything in the city of Kor Magna centered on the gladiatorial arena, and the gladiators who fought inside its walls. She admitted, some of the fights were entertaining—brilliant displays of skill and training.

But it was often a lot of flash and showmanship. The gladiators were like celebrities, pandering to the cheering crowds.

Seren sniffed. She preferred serious fighting, and since cyborgs were banned from the arena, she’d never have to put on a spectacle on the arena sand. She got to participate in real fights conducting House of Rone business. Their house specialized in weapons creation, and in helping injured citizens who needed enhancements and prosthetics that the House of Rone healers created. And of late, rescuing women who’d been abducted from a distant planet called Earth.

Someone passing by bumped into her and a hand cupped her ass. She hissed in a breath.

“Prime female flesh,” a deep voice rumbled.

She swiveled. As usual, she wore an all-black, leather fight suit. She turned to stare at the tall alien male grinning at her. He had skin so pale she could see his organs beating beneath it.

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