The Warrior's Bride (Warriors 0f Valkred Book 3) by Roxie Ray

Author:Roxie Ray [Ray, Roxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SciFi Alien Romance, SciFi Fantasy Romance, Multicultural & Interracial, Contemporary & Paranormal Romance, Women's Fiction, New Planets & Space Travel, Interspecies Relationships, First Contact, Alien Invasion & Romance, Adult Themes, Action & Adventure, Romantic Schemes, Supernatural Fantasy, Dangerous & Deadly, Protection & Safety, Hearts Desire, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Romantic Suspense, Colonization, Exploration, Genetic Engineering, Galactic Empire, Beautiful & Feisty, Space Exploration, Warriors 0f Valkred Series
Publisher: Roxie Ray
Published: 2019-12-09T05:00:00+00:00

14

Judy

I struggled to escape, but the Drekkir's grip on me was unbreakable – beneath his fur, his muscles felt like iron cords. I tried yanking out a hunk of his fur and he yowled in pain, slapping me across the face.

“You're lucky I only get paid if I take you in alive,” he chirped nastily, brandishing a sharpened coin and walking it over his knuckles ominously. “Even so, I can still cut up that pretty face of yours if you don't behave and come quietly.”

I relented, figuring I could buy myself some time to figure out how to get away. There was some small part of me that even suspected this “kidnapping” might have been Dhimurs' doing, as I'd predicted before we left the palace.

Still, I couldn't be sure – and this definitely wasn't something I could afford to be wrong about.

I screamed again. If this was one of Dhimurs' tests, so be it… I'd endure a lecture from him later about preparedness, or being aware of my surroundings, or finding my opponent's weak spots, or whatever this might have been about. For now, I just wanted to be free of this smelly Drekkir's grasp.

“Pipe down, human. I'm already blind in one eye, I don't need to be deaf in one ear, too.” He tapped his eye patch, triggering a hidden comm unit. “This is Pik. I have the human female Torqa was looking for. I'm carrying her to the extraction point…”

“Let her go. Now.”

Dhimurs' voice was unmistakable as he stared Pik down, scowling and leveling his blaster. From the look on his face, it was clear that he hadn't planned on this at all.

Pik gave him an evil grin, revealing rows of tiny teeth. “Certainly, you blood-sucking trash! Simply surrender yourself to me instead, and I'll happily release her. After all, the bounty Torqa placed on your head is triple what she'll pay for this Earthling slut!”

“That will not happen,” Dhimurs rumbled implacably, his finger twitching on the trigger. “Let go of her this minute, or I will shoot. You have no other options.”

“Very well,” Pik replied. “Go ahead. Give me your best shot.”

Dhimurs fired. The bolt lanced toward Pik's round head – and a golden blur appeared in front of the one-eyed Drekkir's face at the last second, sending the laser blast ricocheting away.

“You have a personal force field,” Dhimurs snarled, lowering the blaster.

“The very best that money can buy,” Pik chortled. “Resistant to every laser rifle and handheld blaster ever made. It cost almost every rula I had, plus everything I could beg, borrow, or steal… but as it happens, I'm about to come into a rather hefty sum that should balance my ledger quite nicely. So if you want to take me down, you vampire scum, you'll have to get in nice and close. How about it? Think you've got the stomach for that?”

“A warrior of Valkred against a miserable little stump of a Drekkir?” Dhimurs smirked. “This should be a short fight indeed.”

“Yeah, you just keep telling yourself that, fang-face.

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