My blood is red, his blood is blue. But I don’t care about that. All I want is for him to take his army, his delicious tongue, and… those fingers… and get the hell off my ship.

Mara
Waking me up from hyper sleep was just plain rude. Making me fight for my life was pretty inconsiderate. But attempting to steal my fellow humans off my ship? This alien crossed a line.

It doesn’t matter if he makes me laugh. Or that there’s a softie under that big, hard exterior. Not to mention his cotton candy flavored tongue. Oh, and his… is… mmhmm. Ahem. I won’t let X and his army destroy my people, nor my mission to save them.

So, why am I helping him? And why is X saying he will protect me, that he wants me? Despite everything, I feel safe around him. Needed by him.

Nope. It doesn’t matter what X says. He’s the bad guy. And I need to stop him. The future of humanity is on this ship, and I will do anything to protect them. Anything.

And while the ship is a complete Karen, she doesn’t deserve to be blown up, either.

X
Get in. Get the lifeforms. Get out. This mission was supposed to be easy. But the little creature changed all that.

Captain Mara is clever. Too clever. Even though she doesn’t understand me, she is always two steps ahead.

She makes me question everything. My loyalty to my brothers. My mating urges. She has even given me a name.

I have never hated a creature more. But I yearned for her even more.

My suit goes haywire at her touch. I can’t hold back. I want to protect her. To make her smile. It is our fate to travel the stars together.

She will be mine. No matter what I have to sacrifice. She is my Mara. Mine.

If only she’d stop stabbing me.

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