Page 14 of Cops in Space
I looked around the room.“Anyone else think human females can’t fight?”
The gigantic Askole warrior standing next to Xyler bared his teeth in a hideous grin.“Where can I get a female like her, Zarek?”
“Lexi is one of a kind, Sariel,”Zarek replied.
Sariel’s gaze fixed on my breasts and he licked his lips. “If human females are good at bedsport, I want one.”
If he didn’t stop looking at me like that, I was going to kick his balls up his throat.
Kaelen wrapped an arm around my shoulders and murmured in my head,“Behave. Sariel has never been defeated in battle.”
“There is always a first time,”I shot back.
His face a chalky white, Captain Zan straightened up and clung to the arm rests.“My apologies, Qa’a, I meant no offense.”
A tentacle sinuously stroked Captain Zan’s face.“My enforcers will be treated with respect. A word to the wise, neverever dismiss a human female as harmless. They are deadly creatures.”
Xylar suddenly asked,“Where is our child?”
“My father has him.”
Captain Zan frowned.“I was told the human female was mated to Battle Commander Kaelen.”
“My name is Lexi. Not human female and I am mated to Battle Commander Kaelen. I’m also Xylar’s son’s mother,”I replied.
The captain’s cold brown eyes narrowed suspiciously.“How is that even possible?”
Qa’a’s tentacle circled the captain’s neck.“That does not concern you. You are here to meet my new enforcers. They have been assigned to hunt down and stop law breakers who are working with the Tai-Kok and Rodan to destroy our worlds. You will give them any assistance they need. Understand this, you will treat them with the respect you give me, or you will not like the consequences.”The tentacle tightened.“Do you understand me?”
“Yes,”Captain Zan croaked.
“Good.”Qa’a released him.
The idiot Alliance officer jerked upright and scrabbled for his weapon.
“No! Do not,”Captain Zan shouted.
The second the idiot’s fingers wrapped around his laser pistol; a tentacle grabbed him and stuffed him down Qa’a’s gaping maw. His screams abruptly stopped.
“You can’t cure stupid,”I muttered under my breath.
A brief, dangerous smile formed on Uncle Zarek’s mouth. “No, you cannot.”
Rage and grief flashed across Captain Zan’s face. Clenching his fists, he shoved the chair back and stood.
“Wait!”I stepped between him and Uncle Zarek.“Are you willing to gamble the safety of your people on one soldier’s bad decision? Do you hate Zarek that much? Do you even realize how much you have in common with the Overlord?”
Captain Zan glared at me.“I have nothing in common with him.”
“Seriously? Both of you are extremely powerful psychics, and obstinate as hell. Just like the Overlord, you will do whatever is necessary to protect your people. So, instead of starting another war, how about we exterminate the Tai-Kok and the Rodan first? Then you can always go back to killing each other again.”
The sudden silence was deafening as Sariel; Xylar and the other warriors gaped at me.
Uncle Zarek and Captain Zan eyed me with a distinct lack of favor.
I pasted a smile on my face and on our private link asked Kaelen,“Too much?”
“A bit.”
