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“Get your hand off me right now, asshole.”

He frowned, a soft growl issuing from his throat. “You insult me?”

“If you don’t get your hand off me I’ll do more than insult you.” Her gaze flew back to beautiful blue eyes. “So you’re saying I have to be with a man on your planet to be safe?”

Hyvin Berrr gave a firm nod of his head. “You must be protected.”

“I want to
bound
with you,” Oval informed her.

She glanced at Oval, watching lust burn in his dark gaze that raked up and down her body. She shook her head and jerked out of his grasp. She walked toward Hyvin Berrr. He’d said she was safe with him and she believed him so far.

“Then you take me home with you. You can protect me.”

Shock hit Hyvin Berrr’s masculine features. “I’m already bound.”

Shanna translated that bounding meant marriage and that he already had a woman he had sex with. Her gaze flew down his huge body. He’d probably kill her if he tried to take her to bed anyway. He was just so massive that the math wouldn’t add up between them. She nodded, her gaze rising to lock with his.

“Perfect. You won’t
bound
me but you can take me under your protection, right? Let’s go, Mr. Hyvin Berrr. I’m going home with you.”

Chapter Two

 

Hyvin Berrr was not a happy alien. His bright blue eyes had flashed shock when Shanna had demanded to go home with him. Oval had taken her demand a whole hell of a lot worse. He’d roared out in rage and tried to manhandle her into going with him. He’d never gotten the chance to touch her when he’d lunged forward. Hyvin Berrr had leapt between them to growl at the only slightly smaller alien man.

“She has made her decision by stating she wants live in my home. Back off now.”

“You are already bound,” Oval had snarled, obviously seriously angry.

Shanna had watched the two men face off. Her money was on the blue-eyed alien if they fought. He was seriously buffed out in the muscle department and bigger than any of the aliens she’d seen so far in height and sheer body mass. Oval had finally dropped his gaze to the ground, his dark head lowering, and Shanna realized at that moment that these aliens were somewhat similar to animals in the way they showed submission to the largest and toughest of their kind.

Hyvin Berrr had turned to her at that moment, meeting her gaze to stare at her for long moments, not even bothering to hide the confusion he was experiencing. His full lips had twisted into a frown.

“I already am bound to a woman so I can’t
bound
with you. Do you understand this? Oval is a strong warrior who would be an honor to be bound to. I want to make sure that you understand what decision you are making. I could only offer you house helper status if you live with me and put yourself under my protection.”

“I understand completely,” was her calm response. She’d cleaned houses before and it sure beat the hell out of being some alien guy’s sex toy. “If I have to go home with someone then you’re my choice.”

He blinked a few times, finally nodding his head.
“As you wish.
I vow to you that you will be safe in my home and be well taken care of.”

A sound reached her ears, causing her to turn her head as a black weird-looking vehicle came from down the street with a uniformed alien behind the controls. Her alien—she was starting to think of Hyvin Berrr that way—took a deep breath.

“Let’s go.” He waved at the vehicle. “He will deliver us to my home and I will get you settled.”

Aliens were
gentlemen,
at least Hyvin Berrr was, as he opened a back door for her to climb into the car first. She eyed the vehicle, which was comparable to an earth one, but there was a lot more space between the bench seat and the back of the front section with a much taller roof space. She glanced at the big man who climbed inside after her, thinking
interiors would have to be bigger to fit the large guys
. Their gazes met as the vehicle started to move.

“Um, may I just call you Hyvin since we’re going to live together? I have quite a few questions.”

He blinked, shifting his big body on the seat to face her more with a slightly grim expression on his features. “You may call me Berrr. Ask your questions.”

“How in the hell do I get back to Earth?”

He frowned, his bright blues narrowing. “You do not. I apologize but you are aware of our existence. Many of my males wish to visit your planet to meet women and bring them home to
bound
with. If your leaders were aware of our visits we were assured that humans would be alarmed enough to start a war that we do not wish to wage with your people. You could warn them and that can’t be allowed so you are now a citizen of Zorn.”

“I was kidnapped against my will from my home.” She stared at him and had to blink back tears that threatened to show him she was having a weak moment.
I am not going to cry, damn it
, she ordered herself. “Can’t you please get me home? I won’t tell a soul and besides that, no one would believe me anyway. Are you kidding? They’d think I was nuts and lock my ass in a padded cell if I said aliens took me to another planet. You have no worries about me telling anyone about you so I’m totally harmless.” She stared into his beautiful eyes. “Please?”

“I’m sorry but you must give up those hopes. You saw how my men reacted to you. If you leave my protection to try to search for a ship to take you off Zorn, men will try to claim you.” He paused. “No Zorn would take you from the planet, which would only leave off-worlder vessels you could approach. They would be like the males who brought you here in the first place, only to capture you, hurt you and try to sell you to the highest bidder.” Sympathy softened his eyes. “I am sorry but your life now is here on Zorn as your home planet and you will never leave.”

Her hope was crushed with his words since he had been pretty honest with her so far. She took a few calming breaths, steeling her raging inner emotions, telling herself that she was tough. She was a survivor, life had made her that way, and she was adaptable, the one thing she could brag about. For now she’d let it go but she refused to lose all hope of one day getting back to her life on Earth, shitty as that life had been. She replayed his words in her mind.

“Is there a shortage of women on this planet or something?”

He shook his head, leaning back in the seat, crossing his thick arms over his chest. “There are sexual advantages to human women that Zorn women do not possess.”

“What would those be?” She crossed her own arms, turning to face him, mimicking him.

His gaze flashed down her body, taking in her mirrored stance, and his lips curved slightly upward, revealing his amusement. “Shall I be very forward and tell you specific details?”

“That would be nice.”

“Zorn women are built differently than a human woman is from the reports that I’ve read from our medical healers. Zorn women have
a
unis
inside their bodies while human women have one on the front on the outside of your sex. Your
unis
can be stimulated an unlimited amount of times while a Zorn woman would have uncomfortable swelling, experiencing pain after a few times in a day of having a male mount her. Many of my males wish to mount a woman repeatedly so human females are well desired for that ability.”

Biting her lip, Shanna studied the man with narrowed eyes, her mind working for long seconds before she released it from her teeth. “I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. What is
a
unis
?”

The man hesitated. “I believe the term I was told was a human word, clut.”

“Clut?”
She frowned and then her eyes widened. “You mean clit?”

He gave a nod. “If that term means the fleshy, sexually stimulating area between your thighs then yes, the term would be clit. I apologize for my mispronunciation. While I have read the reports I do not have firsthand knowledge of a human woman’s anatomy or much experience speaking your translated words.” He tapped his ears. “The Collis who kidnapped you obviously were using outdated Zorn technology when they implanted translators into your ears. With the new program we would be able to understand each other better since the few human females on Zorn are always upgrading the dialogs. The newer program would translate
a
unis
to your Earth term for it. I’ll have your translator implants looked at and updated so we have fewer difficulties communicating.”

Shocked, Shanna just stared at him for long seconds. “So those guys back there
who
fought over wanting me aren’t even really sure what the hell they wanted to mount?”

“We have read the reports and we have seen a vid of a Zorn male with a human female together. It was quite arousing to all who witnessed their joining. Our males are very sexual and whoever bound you would have figured out how to please you sexually so that you would wish them to touch you very often. Warriors are very sexual and we need release often or we can get ill.”

Eyes narrowing again, Shanna studied him. “Let me guess, your balls will turn blue otherwise and maybe you have that old alien housewives’ tales of it falling off if it’s not used?” Her attention lowered to the front of his black leather pants where his legs were slightly spread apart, staring at his crotch before lifting her gaze back to his face. “I get the part about the translators. Those assholes who stole us said they put small devices in our ears when they took us because we all speak different languages and hell, what you say and what I’m hearing don’t match up to your mouth movements. It’s kind of annoying.”

He gave a nod. “You will adjust to the lip motion and sound variations. I do not understand blue balls or what else you said. Why are you frowning?”

Her gaze jerked upward, realizing she stared again at his lap. “I don’t believe your guys would get sick without sex. I’ve heard that shit from men all my life who tried to get into my pants.”

“Why would a male wish to wear your pants?”

Shanna suddenly smiled, amused. “They wanted to…uh, mount me,
not
wear my pants.”

He nodded, his gaze sliding over her. “Every male would wish to mount you.”

She stared at him with raised eyebrows. He said it as though it were a matter of fact. It made her wonder what Zorn chicks looked like if this guy thought she was so hot that every guy would want her. Shanna knew she was okay but at thirty-four she couldn’t compete with the twenty-one-year-old bunnies who strode into her bar on weekends showing off their hot little bodies. Shanna enjoyed her food too much, was too white since she always slept her days away from working all her nights in a bar, making it so she also didn’t have time to go to the gym anymore to stay in shape.

When the vehicle stopped Shanna turned her attention out the window, a little surprised at the sight that greeted her. They were in the middle of red and black woods—the color of the trees and grass. A huge stone building with rounded corners stood there. It really looked more similar to a library-sized building than a home. She looked away to meet Berrr’s watchful gaze in disbelief.

“This is where you live?”

He gave a nod, reaching for the handle on the door. “This is where you live now as well.” He unfolded his body and climbed out. He hesitated and then held out his hand to her, offering to help her out.

“Thanks.” Shanna put her much smaller hand in his, letting him support her weight as she followed him out. She noticed again how much warmer his skin was compared to hers and the rough patches of callus on his palms under her own. Her gaze took in the large building again. It was elegant, white and rounded in a long sweep of almost tube-style shaping. Big windows were everywhere and for having such a high roof she could tell it was only a single story from the outer windows. “It’s really big.”

“For my station in life it is actually quite small. This is my close-to-the-city residence that is much more convenient for me to work from.”

Berrr kept hold of her hand as he led her toward the front door. “I should warn you that I currently have six house helpers in my home attending me.”

She darted a look at the size of his house again and nodded. “I’m sure you need every one of them. This place must be hell to keep clean.”

He paused as he turned his head to stare at her. “I will give you the majority of their duties immediately now that you are here since you are a human.”

Blinking at him, Shanna frowned.
Great,
she thought,
he is a bigot because I’m human.
I obviously will be the house Girl Friday if he is going to let his other employees dump their jobs that they don’t want on my plate.
She pulled her hand out of his, pissed off at the thought that he’d been nice to her so far, just to spring this shit on her now. She took a deep breath. It beat the hell out of being some alien’s personal hooker, minus the getting paid part though.

Cocking his head, Berrr frowned. “You look angry. Have I said something wrong?”

“Don’t you think that’s kind of insulting? I’m sure the duties you assign me will keep me busy enough without taking on what they do for you too.”

His frown deepened. “But you’re human.”

“So what?
I’m not here because I wanted a vacation. I was kidnapped, tossed in a cage, transported against my will through outer space, and none of that is my fault. I want to be treated exactly like other Zorn
woman are
, damn it. I want equal rights.”

“Equal rights?” He almost gasped the words.

“What’s so confusing about that to you, big guy?” She frowned up at him, noting his stunned and bewildered expression. “I want to be treated fairly just like your women. What they do, I do, nothing more, nothing less around here. Is that clear enough? Don’t take their jobs they do for you away to shove them all on me. That’s just racist and wrong so I demand you treat me just like any other woman on this planet. You said I’m a citizen of Zorn so I don’t want treated any different. That’s equal rights.”

“But I was told that human women—”

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