"Just that," Deniel finally answered, crossing his arms over his chest as he tapped twice on one of those damn implants that all the humans had. "According to our records, Kylie Robbins went inactive nearly three years ago. We had assumed her dead, which is why we stopped pursuing her for her crimes."
"Crimes?" I repeated with a gasp. All of that dread was starting to make sense, and it was sitting on my chest just as heavy. Luckily this time I didn't have to ask.
"Crimes!" Kylie spoke the word in a powerful blast of laughter at the same time I had gasped it, Natalia whispering something that she clearly ignored. The girl bustled to stand next to me in a mostly sheer robe. I couldn't even mourn the loss of the glitter; I was too confused.
"I committed no crimes. I just gave a gross, old man what he deserved. He thought I was a child. Did you know that? He was trying to lure a child into an alley for sex. I made sure that he couldn't do it again."
She beamed victoriously, Natalia chuckled, and I stared at her in confusion, the corner of my mouth trying to pull itself up. I didn't have the full story, but what I could piece together made me admire her all the more. The girl was a fighter. Good.
"You made sure he could do nothing again—" Deniel began, jaw tight as he hissed the words through his teeth. His shoulders pulled wide as he pretended to be a barricade.
"Don't be dramatic. He's not dead." Kylie snapped, her words all sass as they bit through the air. That tug of a smile on my lips was growing now. "I know what he is and where he is, just as you do. It's why he sent you here to take me in or torture me or some shit."
Kylie clicked her tongue and shook her head as though that was the most ridiculous idea ever. Deniel was now shaking in anger, Natalia trying to pull Kylie to the back of the room and what she assumed was safety. But the girl stood her ground, her eyes never leaving Deniel's even though the knots of her fists shook against her legs, her back bowed too much to be prepared for a fight.
Her words were clipped, eyes hard, but she was still scared.
The fight in her was beautiful, it surged through the hunger I already had for her, and for the first time made me want to get to know her. I wanted to fight with her, run with her, explore with her. I didn't just want to fuck her. I wanted to find out all about what she had done in these 'crimes', and spar with her verbally. I wanted the fire in her eyes to be focused on me in another way.
This mating stuff was weird. My father had said I would know the members of my Harem when I found them, but this protective need was a different kind of rush. I had tried a drug once that had done something similar on our way here, but experiencing it run through my veins on its own was a whole different kind of buzz.
"I'm sorry," I said, forcing my gaze away from the lusty appraisal of the human next to me and to the uniformed man who was still blocking the door. "Can we complete the sale so that Kylie and I can leave? Coxians aren't necessarily supposed to stay long—"
"There will be no sale." Deniel spat, his eyes darkening as he looked between Kylie and me, the drop of the smile and humor I had seen in him before now completely gone. "This human is under arrest. She has already been tried and sentenced and will live out her term in the dorms at the TerraLink facility... as a perk."
She jerked. Natalia gasped. I nearly threw up in my mouth. Even I knew what that meant. A whore to the TerraLink corporation, spread legged and ready for anyone who needed release.
I had heard shit about these bastards for years, now I was watching it go down. If these assholes didn't track the residents of the planet so closely I would have taken her and let her ride me into the stars. But no, for the first time I had gone through the proper channels and done things the right way.
Fuck. I hadn't even tasted her and she already had me whipped.
"Sorry, varsha," I called the TerraLink rep a friendly term in my language, hoping it would put him at ease. I stepped between Deniel and Kylie, those protective instincts from before taking over. "A deal is a deal and we already had one. So I will take my property and get out of here..."
I reached toward her, fully prepared to grab her and run, but she sidestepped, pulling her arm away from my grasp.
"I've got this."
"Do you?" I leaned in, hissing under my breath. "Because it seems like you are one step away from becoming a ride-for-a-dime girl in that prison in The Glass City. Pretty sure I can give you better."
Just like that, my mind was filled with visions of her below me, writhing and moaning as I thrust into her again and again. I could nearly feel her lips around my cock. The thought sparked in my blood like a storm, seeping out of me like the best kind of drug. I didn't even realize how powerful the waves of lust I was exuding were until both Natalia and the TerraLink rep moaned sexually.
Kylie however, didn't even flinch. Her dark eyes stared into me; jaw tight as she fought the strength of my power. Well, at least I knew she wasn’t immune.
"Kylie Robbins," Deniel continued, his voice tight as he shifted the front of his pants. "I am here as a representative of the TerraLink police, the Gurgs have already surrounded the premises. I am placing you under arrest
