“No, they’re not, you’re blushing.”
Lukan gave up on trying to tear open the door, and shifted back into humanoid form.
“Mar-ee, send an emergency message,” he ordered her. He glanced at Talia. “She has a communicator built in.”
Mar-ee shook her head. “I have been trying, but I am being blocked. They are blocking my signal somehow.”
Mar-ee’s voice was fading, Talia realized. Everything was fading, and the air smelled sickly sweet. Something was being pumped into the air.
“Talia?” Mar-ee’s voice was coming from a million miles away.
And then it was gone.
* * * * *
Alexandra stood in the memory chamber and looked down on Lukan’s sleeping form, a cruel curve of triumph on her lips.
Talia was lying on a bench nearby, strapped down and gagged.
Salvi was standing guard, not that it was necessary. One of the attendants for the memory chamber had sided with Salvi. After Salvi had tricked Lukan by pretending to be his general, they’d brought him to the memory chamber and wiped his recent memories completely.
He would not resist, because he now believed that Alexandra was his true mate. He would also step down from his position as Reginar, and give that position to Salvi.
Salvi would work with Alexandra to bring new women in as mates for the pack members. And in exchange, Alexandra got Lukan…and revenge on that vile man-stealer, Talia.
From now on, Alexandra would control the memory chamber process. She could wipe the women’s minds completely when they arrived, and put in new memories to make sure they wanted to mate with the Vulfans. She’d get commissions on every single woman. No more failures. No more stupid women whining about how they didn’t want to have that many babies. Who cared what they wanted? She’d force them to want what the Vulfans wanted. She’d make them into the perfect mates.
Mar-ee was restrained nearby too, chained up against the wall, cursing and yelling, with a metal gag over her mouth.
Lukan groaned and sat up, looking confused. Stark naked and delicious. What a gorgeous body on that man. Alexandra couldn’t wait to make him have sex with her. As soon as he bit her neck, they would be officially mated, and there was nothing that anybody in the pack could do about it. They would be forced to accept her, according to pack law.
Salvi’s hand tightened on his weapon as he watched Lukan for any signs of resistance, but Lukan looked dull and confused.
* * * * *
What had happened…? Where was he…?
Lukan’s head felt as if it were filled with clouds. He was in the memory chamber, he realized, lying on a bed… How had he gotten here?
His brother was there. His brother, who would make a superior ruler for the Wor-Lan pack. Lukan had promised to turn the pack over to him just this morning. Salvi would make a fine leader.
“Hurry up and do it,” Salvi growled at Alexandra. “I’ll wait outside. Use that if there’s any problem.” He pointed at a ray gun that lay on a nearby counter, then stalked out of the room.
What did Salvi mean? Do what? Why did looking at him make Lukan feel so angry?
Lukan looked at Alexandra for answers.
She was eagerly stripping off her clothes, a huge smile stretching her lips. The beautiful Earth woman who was his true mate.
His head hurt at the thought. Why?
Why did hishearthurt? It was like a throbbing ache…an absence. Everything inside him felt cold, as if he had been cut off from the source of all warmth and life. As if the sun would never shine on him again.
“Love of my life, why are we here?” he mumbled.
The words tasted wrong on his tongue. But why? He had met Alexandra on Earth, and instantly fallen in love with her. As soon as he’d met her, he’d made love to her every chance he got, and he worshipped the ground she walked on. Images of him driving his cock into her flooded his mind. Her legs wrapped around his waist. Him groaning in pleasure, crying out her name.
So, why did the sight of her in lingerie now disturb him so? Why was he filled with disgust at the scent of her?
