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“The pod? It was an Ocretion death pod Lamira’s sister, Lily, was sentenced to death on it and herconsists of the slaves and prisoners they found on board” He put an at one on for himself
“Hmm That was handy” Her voice echoed in her ears as it played in their joint comms “They receive a full pardon only if they swear fealty to the purple king?”
Erick grinned, apparently not offended by her dry assessed to appear handsome and debonair even with the helmet She doubted hers had the same effect “Exactly The hu all of them” He opened their hatch, and they jumped down to a metal platform
“I’ Lily,” she said “And Cambry”
He gestured toward the door to the pod “Fe made her heart beat faster “I’ainst huin with”
She raised a brow “Were they? Why? Zandians didn’t keep slaves”
He stopped outside the door, as if he didn’t want to talk about humans once they were inside “No, but our only interactions with hueneral consensus they were not worthy of respect If Daneth hadn’t been desperate for Zander to breed before we go into e probably never would have introduced humans to our mix
“Do you like them?”
“Yes Not much difference, if you ask me More emotional, and physically weaker, but they seeent They’ll contribute to our effort” He hit the button, and the door slid open to reveal a small antechamber They stepped inside and waited until the door closed before pulling off their hel them on the hooks on the wall “Coers brushed her hand, but he balled them and stuck theers beside his was too te
She wanted to accept his gesture, considering the tenderness he’d shown after their rabid sex, but he was right She wasn’t allowing him to claim her as his mate, especially around her father, so she couldn’t allow any public shows of affection
“Erick, where are , burly warrior met them at the door
She registered a slight hitch in Erick’s step right before she fell to a dead stop Her nized the male
His gaze turned soft, almost sympathetic He bowed “Lady Tara, I’d heard you were found You ether as children Our ship crashed on Stornig”
“You lived!” She fell on him, tears in her eyes She hadn’t known hiuards had brought her, Talia, and the young round tunnels to an old outpost where he bundled them into an airship and made it out of Zandian airspace Unfortunately, they’d been chased by a Finnian ship and shot down She hadn’t seen her sister, the guard, or the young ain until now
He let her embrace him “So did you”