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Glovar gestured to one of the guards. “Check it for viruses.”
She tapped her phone to Wrin’s and got to work. After a few minutes, she said, “It’s clean.”
“You’re certain?” Glovar said.
The guard did a good job of hiding her anger, but I recognized the way her jaw went hard. It was the same thing I’d done for years whenever I swallowed down an honest rejoinder to some asshole in power. “I am.”
“Send it.” As soon as her fingers moved, he added, “Only to me. None of the rest of you need it.”
“Sorry, I’d already sent it to everyone here,” the guard said.
I bit back a smile, pretty sure she’d done it on purpose.
Then I straightened my shoulders and twisted to more fully face Glovar. It was kind of hard to pull on the mantle of authority with my legs wrapped around Wrin and his cock still buried in my pussy, but I did my best. This wasn’t just for me or my crew. These people were going tokillWrin if we couldn’t convince them I was a person and his fated mate. I couldn’t let that happen. I’d suffer any indignity to prevent it.
“I’m Vivian Lee, captain of the starshipARK 1, and I demand to be recognized as sentient.” I made a point of slamming the knife back in its sheath. All six guards had guns, so it’s not like I had much chance. Might as well make a show of cooperating.
Glovar narrowed his eyes, assessing me. Then he turned to Devalia. “This could be faked. She could be making nonsense animal noises for all we know, and the update to our translator chips is fabricating her half of the conversation.”
Anger washed through me, chasing away every bit of fear. God, it felt good.
“Me come sting!”Max said, feral glee flowing into my mind.“Me sting him good!”
“No,”I sent back.“Too many people with guns. You remain hidden.”If they took me captive again, I didn’t want my cat to share my fate. He’d proved he could survive in the wild.
“Me help!”
“You will, but I need to fight this one with words.”
“Bah. Sting better than words.”
“See!” Glovar crowed, pointing at me. “She’s staring off into space instead of answering.”
No way in hell I was telling this fucker about Max, so I glared at Glovar and addressed his previous concern.
“What do you want me to do to prove I’m sentient? Math? Would math be enough?” Please, let himnotsay yes. For all I knew, he’d pull out a differential equation, and I hadn’t solved any of those since college. “I can do basic orbital mechanics if you give me a calculator. It’s not my strong suit, but I can do it.”
“Frek me! She just said ‘orbital mechanics.’” Wrin jabbed a finger at Glovar, his voice a rumbling growl. “Are you trying to tell me a non-sentient being would even know the phrase? Or know that mathematics can be used to test higher brain function? Your objection is a farce!”
“I agree with my son.” Senator Devaliaheld up her phone. “What’s more, so do Senator Bila of the Sjisji and Senator Rualii of the Tula. I have statements from both of them that these Hyoo-mons are sentient. End of discussion.”
“But—”
“Endof discussion.” Her voice snapped like a whip, and I suddenly saw where Wrin got his effortless air of command from.
“Thank god,” I muttered. “I’m not actually that great with math.”
Wrin leaned close. “You also can’t read any of our languages, including our mathematical symbols.”
Well, shit. A huff of amusement escaped me. I’d been bluffing more than I’d even realized.
“This is all too ridiculous,” I whispered, my cheek pressed to his curved horn to get to his ear. “Your cock is still in me! We’re still having sex!”
Said cock jumped inside my pussy, the thick mass at the base tugging at me, making shivers of delight race through my whole body.
And the guard in my direct line of sight twitched, his blaster raising a couple of inches.
Oh, god, don’t let me get shot because of sexy times.
