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him.
    He accessed the ship’s communications systems, the firewalls
breached by his technologically gifted brother. Son of a Gechii. Khan
read the transmissions. The message has been sent, received, and responded
to. He listened to Zeta’s breathing, his fierce female blissfully unaware
that Tolui, her anonymous client, traveled to meet with them.
    She’ll cut off my balls. Khan extended his claws,
sliced a hair-thin crack in his restraints, and slid his foot through the
widened opening, the restraints resealing. He left the energy chains on the
white tiles and exited the chambers, closing both sets of doors behind him.
    He blended into the background, becoming invisible, and he
crept along the pitch-black corridors, the entire space smelling of Zeta, her
musk hardening his cock. The ship was sparsely decorated, devoid of all
personal touch, and frighteningly low on supplies, the rations in the eating
chamber he passed barely enough for her voyage home.
    What are you doing with your credits, gerel? Khan
entered the bridge, Chamele 4 , the harsh red hunting planet, filling the
viewscreen. He settled into the first officer’s chair and tapped on the
controls.
    Berke’s stern face filled the private viewscreen. “Why are
you contacting me, brother?” his brother asked quietly, his voice below human
levels of hearing. “You’re jeopardizing the plan.”
    “I’m jeopardizing your plan,” Khan corrected, stealth
not his preference. “My plan was to hunt Tolui down and blow him into
hyperspace.”
    “You agreed to our plan,” Berke reminded him.
    “To your plan.” Khan met his brother’s gaze, not
backing down. “Which I will soon share with my gerel .”
    “That’s unadvisable.” Berke’s lips flattened. “Human females
are incapable of loyalty. Your bounty hunter will sell you out for a few
credits.”
    She might, when she finds out what I’ve done. “I have
no choice. Zeta hasn’t contacted Tolui.” Khan clung to that reassuring fact.
“When he arrives, she’ll be.” Hostile, angry, downright dangerous. “Suspicious. She’ll require an explanation.”
    “She’ll contact him.”
    Khan bit back his aggravation, Berke stubborn beyond all
endurance. “If she doesn’t contact him, I’ll tell her. The risk is too great.”
    “There’s no risk.” His brother waved his hands dismissively.
“Our fleet surrounds you even now, cloaked and ready for war. We won’t attack
until she exchanges you and her ship is positioned out of striking distance.
She’ll be in no danger.”
    If she exchanges me. “I won’t lie to her.”
    “You asked for the honor of killing Tolui,” Berke firmly
stated. “You knew what that entailed. The people of Chamele are counting
on you.”
    Khan sighed heavily, his duty to his people coming before
his personal happiness. “I won’t fail them. Transmission ended.” He pressed his
thumb to the viewscreen and his brother’s image faded.
    He sat in the dark and stared at red swirling surface of Chamele
4 , a planet he’d now forever associate with his tough, sexy female, their
day spent in the cave one of the happiest of his violence-filled life.
    Zeta has to collect the bounty on me. Khan pushed
himself to his feet, embracing that ideal solution, a betrayal for a betrayal. I
must make that easier for her.
    He strolled down the corridors, his footsteps lighter. I
can take the guilt away from her betrayal.
    He placed his hand on the sleeping chamber controls, Murad
giving him complete access to the ship. The doors slid silently open and light
fell on Zeta’s naked form. She slept with her hands stretched out as though
reaching for him, a frown curling her lips, and Khan’s heart twisted.
    I’ll give her reasons to hate me. He moved to the
bathing chamber, refastened his restraints, and returned to her side, standing
over the bed.
    Zeta turned to face him, her long brown hair spread on the
covers, her breasts full, tipped with pink nipples. Blood coursed