Page 75 of Courting Mayhem

“Aw, you’re such a sweet talker.”

The cargo hold was suddenly full of Coletti and Askole warriors.

Baelish slowly raised his hands. “He said he knew where my sister was.”

“For an Askole pirate, you’re awfully gullible,” I scoffed.

Derek demanded, “Where is the Shebu?”

“Mallox had the winning bid. Vrax is using a submersible to transport it to Jabbercon’s ship,”Baelish replied.

Derek vanished.

I sighed. He really needed to work on his communication skills. I’d love to be there when they captured Vrax and retrieved the Shebu. But I guess that wasn’t happening.

I turned my wrath on Baelish, “You’re about to become a Katanic’s dinner. Any last words?”

“I have the transponder code for Vrax’s submersible.”

“Do you?”I frowned.“Or is this another one of your lies?”

“I have it on my gauntlet,”Baelish assured me.

He was being a little too helpful. Was he going to make a run for it? Catching him wouldn’t be difficult, unless he had a hidden transporter. Then it would get interesting. Or maybe Baelish was planning on attacking me? I really hoped he tried. I needed a good fight. “Show me.”

Baelish carefully lowered his arms and tapped on his keypad. The code popped up on the screen.

It was a valid code. I wanted to do a happy dance but that would be undignified for a big, bad Berserker. Derek should have hung around a bit longer. I patted Baelish’s chest. “You get to live a little longer.”I copied the code onto my new Coletti bracelet and transferred the info to Derek and my fathers.

I motioned to two of the bigger Coletti warriors. “Chain him up and take him back to your ship. Zarek will want to talk with him.”

“Yes, my lady.” They both did the arm to the chest salute before approaching Baelish.

“Oh yeah, before I forget. I need one of you to find the neural blocker and destroy it.”

“Yes, my lady.”An older Askole warrior pulled out a small portable scanner and began to search the cargo hold.

The Coletti warriors quickly shackled Baelish. To my surprise, he made no attempt to escape. The warriors gripped his arms firmly and teleported away.

The other four Askole warriors just stood there and stared at me.

That’s when it hit me. Fuck! How much of my act had they caught? “Shouldn’t you be out looking for more of Vrax’s warriors?”

A brawny Askole pushed his way through the warriors.“I want a femaletalented in bed sport and fighting.”

“And why are you telling me this?”

He touched his gauntlet, and his armor simply shrank away.

My jaw droppedas I stared at his super-duper hard on. Askole warriors had humanlike penises, humongous balls, and no pubic hair. Huh? Even his man parts had scales.“Okay, I’m not sure what I can do to help you. As ah…well-endowed as you are, I’m sure you won’t have a problem finding a suitable female.”

He bared his fangs in what I hoped was a smile. “Admit it. You want me.”

“No. I. Do. Not. Want. You. I already have a mate. Maybe you need to visit one of the pleasure houses at the spaceports.

“Do you think me a fool, female? You were not wearing an ownership band while you danced,”the naked warrior countered angrily.

What? How could he know that? Horror knotted my stomach. Oh shit! Surveillance cameras! With my luck the entire male population of the galaxy was going to see me in action. Derek was going to have a meltdown. “The War Commander is my mate,” I reiterated. No one needed to know we hadn’t consummated our relationship yet.

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