Page 3 of The Alien Warrior's Vow

“I saw Tiegan storm out. Did you decide on a solution?”

“Neh.” Korben raised himself up. “I should speak to Sah-ah.”

Pin and Zar stood as well, no doubt intending to seek their mates too.

“They’re in the…” Chozo’s voice faded as the three warriors strode past him without acknowledgement.

The brood sighed and hopped on top of the table. “They still hate me, don’t they?”

“They do not trust you.” Lans placed a hand on the brood’s shoulder. “But you will win them over eventually.”

His long, flat fingers bounced up and down. “Why are you the only one who trusts me, Lans?”

“Because…” He swallowed. “Because I know what it is like to be misunderstood.”

Chozo studied him intently through the mask. “You speak of the past.”

Soft laughter drifted to his ears. He glanced up and spied on Eema as she crossed the outer room. Thick brown hair spiraled to her slim shoulders. The dainty features of her face held him spell-bound.Serenblue eyes. Long lashes. A full mouth. She brushed a lock of her hair behind her left ear—always her left—and nodded at Ki-ah, Zar’s mate. Emma’s tunic hugged her curves and fell softly to her thighs, revealing her long legs and slender feet.

Chozo waved a green hand in his face. “Lans?”

“I speak of the past and the future.” He tore his eyes away from Eema. “Come. I need you to go over these prison blueprints again.”

Chozo winced. “Shall we relocate?”

“Why?” Lans swiped his interface to get to the blueprints. “We have the whole place to ourselves.”

A raspy voice spoke from the doorway. “Actually, we’re going to need the room.”

Lan’s venas tightened. His chin whipped up and his heras pounded as he fell into a pair of the most beautiful blue eyes he had ever seen. More sparkling than the sun and more dangerous than a dagger.

Eema’s lips curled up in a hint of a smile. “The boys had their time to play.” She lifted her chin as the other females joined her. “Now it’s our turn.”

Two

Emma

The brawny Plutonianfolded massive arms over his chest. The frown on his face was darker than a poisonous storm. Emma felt her lips inching higher when she saw Lans’s reaction. Something about getting on this brute’s nerves was just too appealing.

Lans glowered in her direction. “I am staying right here.”

She opened her mouth to argue with him, but Sara moved forward. “As you should.” Korben’s mate slanted her a dirty side-eyewas that necessary?

Emma just shrugged.

The answer was no. No, it wasn’t. But ever since Lans had stolen her from the alien auction house and, not-so-gently, thrown her on top of his dinosaur machine, she’d felt an overwhelming desire to get back at him.

There was just something about his ‘act now, grunt later’ personality that made her want to push him to the edge of his control.

Of course, it wasn’t that way at first.

When the huge blue alien had kidnapped her, she’d genuinely hated him.

But now it was something a little different. Something a little… softer.

“We need all the warriors here.” Sara gestured to her alien boyfriend or… was he her husband now?

Simone, the newest addition to their rag-tag group of marooned humans in space, had explained the mate connection to her, but it still wasn’t clicking. The thought of being so deeply connected to another being—alien or no—scared the crap out of her. The last time she put her trust in someone thinking they would always be there for her, she’d almost lost her life.

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