Venomous Hunger by Mary Auclair

Author:Mary Auclair [Auclair, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eclipse Press
Published: 2018-05-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Kamal

She was sleeping at his side, curled up like a youngling. So soft and delicate, so enticing.

Mine. My bloodmate.

The word permeated the very essence of his being, remade who he was to put her at the center. His hand reached of its own accord to land on the silky softness of her honey colored skin.

Yes, Aliena was soft and delicate, but she was also strong. Before meeting her, he had never thought a small and dainty female like the human could force his respect as she had. So brazen, so courageous. He would not fail her.

Moving cautiously as to not wake her, Kamal got up and out of bed. Aliena stayed deep in slumber, but then, she was not accustomed to space travel as he was, and slept like it was the middle of the night. It was hard at first, the body not knowing which rhythm to follow in the absence of sun and night, so he let her sleep. She needed it after spending so much time in the freezing cargo hold.

His internal clock told him it had been at least four hours since he’d tasked Marmack with finding Wyol and Sheegar. He exited the room as silently as he could, then headed straight back to the command center.

The room was empty when he got there. Kamal stared, uneasiness growing in his mind. The command center was never empty.

He walked away from the command center and to the only place that made sense, the gathering hall, where his crew would meet and talk when they had free time. There, he was met with startled, cautious gazes.

“Captain.” A male Cattelan named Arrend inclined his forehead to him. “I must congratulate you on your mating.”

Kamal walked into the middle of the room, stopping just at the foot of the platform where Aliena and he had stood such a short time ago. He turned and met the eyes of his crew members, at least eight of them. The tension was easy to spot in the various alien features, and each pair of eyes darted quick glances at the only exit, a few paces to Kamal’s left. He knew why. They had threatened the life of the female who had become his bloodmate. They were petrified by the idea that he might be seeking retribution. And rightly so. All his instincts pushed him to reduce them to a meaningless heap of flesh and bones—all to better protect the one he called bloodmate—but it would be a mistake.

These males were his crew, sworn to him as he was sworn to them. He would not harm them. Not if they didn’t threaten what was rightfully his.

“Thank you, Arrend.” Kamal inclined his head to him in thanks. “Have any of you seen Marmack or Tailan?”

Eight heads slowly shook in negative response. Kamal frowned, then turned away.

Where were they?

His feet brought him to the lower level, just above the cargo hold. It was a part of his ship he seldom visited, a level that mostly

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