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Of course, sating his cock would wait until after he’d tied up his cousins and tossed them onto a ship heading out to the colonies. Priorities before pleasure.

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Aylia couldn’t take her eyes from the incredible warrior in the ring. Fleet of foot, possessed of a subtle, yet inspiring strength, and even more shocking, she found him pleasing to look upon. From her first glimpse of his oiled, mauve muscles, rippling and so well defined, to his broad, partially denuded body, she’d found herself enthralled, and not just captivated into watching him fight, but aroused as well, or so she assumed given her body’s response. Under her heavy, hooded cloak, her nipples tightened into aching buds, and her sex flooded with moisture as her mind couldn’t help imagining having such a warrior at her mercy to play with. A male deserving of the honor of fathering her line. A man worthy of the treasure between her legs.

And have him, she would. If he survived, that was.

Surely, he suffered from a tinge of madness to voluntarily pit himself against the horrible creature in the cage. She could only hope, unlike the others before him, that he wouldn’t expire, a victim of male folly. For several galactic cycles now, Aylia had roamed this particular asteroid, a perfect waystation, or so the ship’s computer informed her, that saw the passage of travelers from around the universe. If she displayed a little patience, a male who met her needs would eventually appear.

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Intentional Abduction – Eve Langlais She’d almost given up hope. On a quest to capture the seed of a powerful male, a worthy donor to the child she would create, she’d naively imagined that once she got into space, this mysterious donor would fall into her net, or at least show himself so she could chase him down in the time honored Zonian way.

Instead of finding a multitude of pale-skinned creatures like herself, she’d discovered more strange beings, which like the Zonians, bore her no similarity. Aliens, who while in some cases sported penises capable of penetration, would not provide a viable seed for her to use. Actually, that wasn’t entirely true. She’d discovered a few weak specimens, craven creatures she’d bested without the use of a weapon.

She did not desire their seed, especially not for her first daughter. She wanted only the best for that honor.

If I were to selfishly admit, I want someone I could find
pleasure with in the begetting.
Just because the Zonians hunted down their males for procreation didn’t mean they did not enjoy it. While tradition was the basis, attraction played as great a part as strength in their choosing. Until this Jarokualan, she’d thought she would never feel the hunger of desire. Up until now, she’d wondered if perhaps she’d set her sights too high. It seemed, though, she’d just needed patience.

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Intentional Abduction – Eve Langlais eligibility. Almost forgetting her requirement for discretion, she screamed, as the purple warrior strutted around the cage, his knees partially flexed, his hands balled into light fists. She groaned when he didn’t dodge a swinging fist quickly enough and went flying. But, he’d no sooner hit the floor, tucked in a ball, than he sprang up again. A smile tugged at her lips as her chosen one taunted the horrific beast, goading it into rushing, and then, in a swift move worthy of a Zonian female warrior, stuck his foot out and tripped it.

It still amazed Aylia to discover that off planet, males were the dominating sex. Having grown up on a world where females ruled and males were relegated to the status of slave or laborer, it stunned her to realize that elsewhere, males were not only bigger than the females, they could fight! They weren’t cowards like the Zonian males whose idea of feistiness was running or brazenly saying no before swooning.

How backwards is that?
It made her quest all the more exciting, though. Unlike her home world traditions, she wouldn’t just be able to take her purple male down with a few submission moves. Nor would she best him in a contest of strength, or so she judged, since her target definitely outweighed her and displayed an impressive amount of muscle.

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But Pantariste warned me this might happen. It’s why my ship
is equipped with a few extra items to aid me in my endeavor. One way
or another, I wil conquer that purple warrior.

Given the dampness in her cleft, she couldn’t wait.

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Chapter Three

Downing the fiery alcohol laced with a healing potion his irritating cousins brought him, Jaro blinked back the sweat and blood as he tried to filter their babble.

“Good job on the fight,” Xarn said, slapping him on the back, right over a nicely developing bruise.

Biting back the wince, he took another shot of booze, waiting for the medicine to kick in.

“But couldn’t you have won a little less spectacularly?” Brax complained, throwing up his hands.

“The Lxroakian’s eighteen wives and six of his sons were in the crowd. And they’re not too happy you bested the ugly fellow.”

“Well excuse me for not laying down to die.”

“That’s not what we meant,” Brax hurried to say.

“However, did you have to jab out his eye using his own claw?”

“And emasculate it until it was shrieking like a virgin in a brothel?” Xarn grinned as he said it, the bloodthirsty wretch.

A shrug of indifference lifted Jaro’s shoulders. “He and his family should count themselves lucky I didn’t kill him.

I was feeling benevolent today.”

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“Yeah, well, you’d better feel that big ‘B’ word in space because rumor is they’re on their way to pay you a visit.”

“Really?” Jaro arched a brow. “I’m not weaponless anymore. I’d like to see them try.” The galaxy’s scourge never went about unarmed, although it played havoc on metal detectors. Not that he cared. Those who stood in his way didn’t do so for long.

“Oh, they’re not out to kill you,” Xarn replied, a smirk tilting his lips. “They intend to marry you to the ugly brute’s eldest daughter. They were so impressed with your skills that they’ve decided to make you her husband.” The swallowed alcohol went down the wrong way and Jaro straightened in his seat, sputtering as his eyes watered. “What?” he bellowed. “No frukxing way! Tell them I said thanks, but no.”

“And dishonor them?” Brax
tsk
ed him like a naughty child and shook his head. “Sorry, dear cousin, but we like our body parts intact. Your best bet lies in eluding capture.”

“Fine. I intended to leave in the next galactic cycle anyway. Although, I would have liked to have enjoyed the fruits of my labors.” Jaro grumbled more out of habit than anything else. Truthfully, his sore body would enjoy a bit of respite that he wouldn’t have gotten if he entertained the females waiting for him.

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“Don’t worry, cousin, we’ll enjoy your
fruits
for you.

After all, never let it be said we don’t do our part to maintain the family honor.”

Jaro tried to growl, but truly, the idiotic pair were comical when they weren’t trying to get him killed. Much as he wanted to slit their throats half the time, he couldn’t deny they entertained him, and if push came to shove, they’d have his back in a nanosecond.

“My ship should already be fueled and stocked to go, so unless you’ve got any more bad news for me, I shall take my leave.”

Brax shook his head. “Not dressed like that, you aren’t. Did I mention they have troops everywhere?”

“Not outside my door, they don’t.” Tired of his spaceship cabin, Jaro had anonymously rented a set of rooms during his stay. He’d quite enjoyed the luxury of liquid showers as opposed to the laser cleansing found on board his craft.

“Not anymore.” Xarn whistled innocently while Brax laughed.

“What did you idiots do now?” Jaro asked, refraining from sighing.

“Who, us?” Xarn asked with wide-eyed innocence.

“Well, we didn’t think the half dozen soldiers they sent to fetch you was sporting. A male of your reputation and 19

Intentional Abduction – Eve Langlais stature deserved at least twice as many. So we took care of the puny advance guard.”

Jaro did sigh at this point and pinched the bridge of his nose. “Great. Let’s piss them off even more. You do know I never leave by the front door, right?”

“Of course, but did we mention your usual escape route might be compromised?”

“And why is that?”

Xarn pretended interest in the ceiling while Brax shot him a glare. “Someone accidentally divulged it while in the throes of coitus, but don’t worry, we have a backup plan.”

“Does it involve killing things? Because I’m really in the mood to shed some blood right now,” Jaro growled.

“And start a war?” Brax replied. “You know how your brother hates that.”

Tren, Jaro’s brother, once the greatest mercenary in the galaxy, now a cutthroat politician on the galactic council.

If he started trouble, his older sibling would probably sign the order to execute Jaro himself, and smile while doing it.

“Fine, no killing things then. What’s your plan?” he asked with a sigh.

The matching grins did not reassure him at all.

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Intentional Abduction – Eve Langlais At first, Aylia almost missed him. The intriguing male warrior had chosen his disguise well. If it hadn’t been for the bumbling purple idiots following him, trying to appear discreet while doing anything but, she might have. One look at his outfit, and she blessed the stars she’d caught his masquerade.

Dressed like a whorehouse assassin, a special breed that no one messed with, he’d shed his trousers for a skimpy loincloth that cupped his impressive man parts. His skin appeared gray instead of his natural purple-mauve color. A knotted rope made a dark line across his chest and she could just see the gleam of silver daggers tucked under his arm, and she’d wager he carried a sword down strapped to his back.

Crisscrossing one of his arms, more rope decorated him, the winding pattern bringing attention to his bulging bicep. According to the computer databanks she’d studied, the special twining he sported required just a flick to come undone and serve as a whip. The elegance of the design delighted the fighter in her.

He also wore knee-high black boots, the gleam of the hilts tucked into them winking as he walked. The crowning touch to his ensemble, though, was the emerald cape. It covered his head, leaving only his eyes visible, piercing orbs that swept over her cloaked figure and dismissed her. The silken material flowed in his wake as he stalked through the 21

Intentional Abduction – Eve Langlais crowd, every inch the warrior, and someone the aliens dove out of their way to avoid. In this quadrant, sex ruled, and those who meted out the pleasure controlled everything.

When they sent one of their enforcers out, unmatched assassins, or so the records said, only the stupid stood in their way.

And apparently the Lxroakian’s suffered from a lack of mental faculty, along with ugliness, because they crowded the spaceport docking bay and began braying as they pushed and shoved their way in the direction of a male who would father her first child.

Completely unacceptable.

Getting involved seemed like the only option when the dozens of brutes closed in on him, the shrill screaming of a female sounding over the din, and making Aylia’s lips tighten in displeasure.

“Don’t hurt him. He needs to be able to perform after the wedding ceremony.”

Sorry, but this male is mine,
Aylia thought with a growl.

Sweeping through the gawking crowd, she made it to the rear of the ranks of the gargantuan aliens. Sliding her blade from her sheathe with only the slightest whisper, she danced among them.

Pantariste had taught her many tactics for battle. In this case, the strategy she fell upon was inelegantly known as, 22

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“how to defeat a much larger enemy who also outnumbers you.” Personally, Aylia thought they should have renamed it to “frukxed.” Despite the name of the situation, she had a solution. Without warning, she incapacitated the towering guards. Winding through them, her body weaving and spinning, her sharp blade sliced through the tendons of their legs, right at the joint, collapsing the giant brutes. It wasn’t her usual permanent solution of death, however, given the current situation, it served the purpose.

As she bobbed among the aliens, their bellows transitioning from challenge to surprised pain, she caught glimpses of her target, his silver hued blades flashing and his emerald cape rippling as he dispensed violence. The bright flashes of light came from his companions, purple-colored fellows like himself who calmly fired at the encroaching horde. Not exactly the brightest defense maneuver in a docking bay where one stray shot could depressurize the whole area, but she couldn’t do much about it other than rid the area of attackers so they’d stop shooting.

Oddly, the more soldiers that went down, the more determined the rest seemed. The loud-mouthed female, watching from the safety of a hover platform, just about foamed at the mouth in her screaming excitement. Annoyed at the blatant lust shown at her chosen prey, Aylia whipped out her lead weights and twirled the string attached to them.

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Intentional Abduction – Eve Langlais Letting them fly, she allowed herself a grim smile of satisfaction when the noisy alien female received them in the face and fell back off her pedestal of prominence. One annoying distraction taken care of, she dove back into the fray.

At one point in the battle, which diminished as newcomers hesitated, wading through the sea of blood, Aylia came face to face with her target. Well, eye to eye given that they both wore headdresses to cover their identity. His glacial eyes, reflecting the green hue of his cape, scrutinized her for a moment, a heart stopping nanosecond that made everything else fade to nothing, before he whirled away, displaying a taut pair of buttocks that flexed as he ran.