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Excerpt:
Verdal growled in irritation as Alex and Fyre squabbled with each other. He hoped they found Kria soon or he would have to kill them. Then she would really be angry at him. Maybe he could accidentally lose them in this forest.
“Are we even sure she’s in this area? He could have dumped her anywhere on the planet. Plus how are even sure she is still alive?” Alex asked as he followed behind Fyre.
Fyre growled at him. “She better be alive or I’ll take my anger out on you.”
“Why me? Why are you acting like a child?” Alex asked. He had been volunteered to be the pack mule while Fyre hacked through the foliage and Verdal brought up the rear. Somehow he didn’t think it was fair that he had to haul everything around while those two only carried weapons.
“Immature?!” Fyre growled. He wanted to turn around and hack into Alex but he held his anger. “You’re the one who had us gallivanting around the galaxy because you couldn’t lock onto the planet’s signal. You wouldn’t believe Neera or Mira and they are AI’s!”
“Will you two shut up already? You’ve brought attention to ourselves with your squabbling.” He stopped and scanned their surroundings. He saw a stream not far from their location along with several groupings of boulders. “Come out. I know you’re there.”
Kria shifted to go towards them only to be held still by Raznik. He held a finger to his lips and pointed at a densely packed area of woods. She could only watch as her crew was surrounded by hunters. She also wanted to know why Fyre was with them. Didn’t they know he was part of the Death Squad?
She jumped in fright as another hunter seemed to materialize from nowhere in front of them and grabbed her. She grabbed her knife and sliced at his arm while Raznik embedded it in the hunter’s neck. They continued to fight as more hunters came towards them. They had injured almost all of them when one grabbed her around the waist and pressed a knife against her neck.. She swung her knife up, aiming for his head only to have it knocked from her hands.
Raznik held up his hands and handed his own knife over. He refused to be the reason for why she got hurt. The hunter took the knife from him and shoved Kria towards him. He wrapped his arms around her and growled angrily when the hunter shoved them both towards where her crew had been captured.
Verdal and Fyre looked to where the growling was coming from and saw Kria wrapped in the arms of a large unknown male. Both of them growled in anger at the sight of someone touching their mate.
A hunter hit them across the back of their heads. “Quiet.”
The hunters proceeded to cuff them and search them for any hidden weapons. Kria’s eyes widened at the amount of blades they removed from Verdal and Fyre. They widened even more when they pulled a long knife from Raznik’s clothing.
He shrugged at her inquiring look. “Found it while you were sleeping.”
She glowered at him as they were led towards a large clearing at the base of the valley. Raznik placed himself between her and her crew, causing Verdal and Fyre to growl. She glanced over her shoulder and saw them glaring at Raznik. Why were they growling? More specifically why was Fyre growling? She wasn’t anything to him but a bounty.
The hunters led them to the clearing and stopped them in the middle of it. Kria felt a shiver of apprehension creep down her spine. There wasn’t any signs of civilization. If they hadn’t been brought here to be used as food then why were they here?
One of the hunters pulled a com from his clothes and tapped on it. Not long after a ship came into view. She knew that ship. It was the same ship that she had to infiltrate to save Verdal. If Millie was here then that meant it was going to be downhill from there.
The ship landed and lowered the loading ramp. Millie was standing at the opening. She was dressed in her usual attire of skin tight pants and corset top. Millie loved to dress like a badass. Though being the queen of her species meant that she was one. But then she was kinda scary to look at. She was humanoid but several features from her true form showed through, mainly her soulless black eyes and fangs.
Kria cleared her throat. “Millie, what a nice surprise. What brings you out here?”
Millie laughed haughtily. “Why, my dear little Kria, I have come to make me late husband’s last wishes come true.”