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happened. How did you get a female?
Where is she?” Scaden asked.
    “How
do I know you’re Valendran, and not another damn Relian? Give me some proof!”
Randor demanded, not willing to give up any information regarding Cari, in case
she’d been able to escape.
    Scaden
admired the man’s protective instincts and therefore, called Amun into the room
when he would have rather throttled the information out of the man! Where was
the female?! Luckily, Amun came into the MedLab area and immediately began
assessing Randor's injuries.
    “Commander,
he’s only at fifty eight percent on his body functions. You have to allow him
to rest. He can’t tell you anything if he is dead.” Amun said putting the
medibands back on Randor.
    Scaden
ran his hand through his hair in frustration and annoyance.
    Turning
back to Randor, he said, “We were in the quadrant doing a random check on the
area when we received a distress signal that was over two thousand years old.
After the attack on the outpost, this area was deemed too far away for support
to arrive, and it was agreed that basic overview was only required. Until we
got the beacon. We arrived on the planet to find you almost dead; a Relian
presence had been in your housing quarters, and a Valendran female was missing.
How did you get a Valendran female on an outpost?” Scaden asked trying to hold
in his frustration, and coax the information out of him about the female.
    “Who
is my father?” Randor challenged Scaden.
    “Your
Father is Duncar Macner. He is on the Council of Elders and has long mourned
your death on the Outpost, as well as many others. You were lead scientist to
the Outpost on the planet now called Mars. There was communication, and a
beacon sent out warning of a Relian attack on the outpost, then nothing. It was
assumed since all of our ships were destroyed on the planet that all survivors
had perished.”
    “Because
it took so long for help to arrive, it was decided this planet was in its
infancy and didn’t need the regular watching of an outpost until they had progressed
further. We mourned your deaths and moved on. I am sorry for that decision. We
received your distress beacon during a routine patrol. We need to know about
the female. She wasn’t there when we retrieved you, and the records show no
females assigned to your Outpost.” Scaden told Randor as honestly as he could.
    Scaden
hoped the man would reveal some kind of information about the female. Her scent
was driving him crazy. Knowing she belonged to someone else would surely dampen
his need to own her, to dominate her. Damn just to find her and see what she
looked like. He felt like he was losing his mind with wondering and worrying
about her.
    “I
will explain anything you want, after we find Cari. Please we have to find her.
She’s so damn stubborn… her gift... it has to be running wild. We have to find
her now. We can’t wait.” Randor said worriedly, grabbing Scaden’s arm as if to
force him to do as he requested.
    “She
is alone, and so impulsive… just like her mother. If we don’t act soon, she
will end up dead. By her own hand or the hand of the Relians. Either way,
she’ll end up dead. Please, I beg you, questions later. We have to find her
now.” Randor pleaded.
    “We
will find your mate. We have trajectory scans of the vehicles that they used to
remove her from the housing unit. We will find her.” Scaden told him sadly,
realizing that through the depth of his emotions, the female must be his mate.
    “She’s
not my mate. She is my clan though, by choice. I’ve raised and protected her
since she was a very small child, after the Relians had killed her mother and
father. Her father was Mikel Lakatis. I failed her. I don’t know how they found
us.” Randor said on a tired whisper, his thoughts jumbled.
    Amun
and Scaden looked at each other in total shock. Not only was there a female
Valendran out there but a child? A female child? And she was the child of one
of the