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Go to a terrifying Tallean male still half in the throes of bloodlust, who was probably going to fuck her silly the moment he had her, or to Craig and Eric? It wasn’t a difficult choice.
Delaney hurried over to Ulrek. He wrapped an arm possessively around her, pulling her body against his. He licked the cut she’d gotten on her face when Scarface had thrown her on the ground, and Delaney squeaked, not expecting it. Did he just taste her blood? She should be creeped out, but she wasn’t.
Because Ulrek in full bloodlust had been magnificent. Delaney didn’t know what the fuck was wrong with her, but now she wanted the dangerous captain more than ever. She must have a few screws loose.
He was a ruthless killer; she’d just witnessed it with her own two eyes, and yet her body insisted he was the one for her.
“Dee, you don’t have to do this,” Eric said.
Delaney ignored him and grabbed Ulrek’s arm. “Let’s get out of here, please.”
“Fucking traitor!” Craig snarled. He ran toward them, a knife in his hand.
Ulrek moved fast, putting Delaney behind him and grabbing Craig’s charging body, redirecting it so that he smashed into the side of the bunker.
“Close your eyes, Delaney,” Ulrek ordered.
Delaney blinked a few times, but she was in too much shock to keep them closed.
Ulrek picked Craig up, much like the way he did that day at the bar. “You were right. I have not yet fucked Delaney. But I will now. I will take her again, and again, and she will love every moment of it. I will fuck her until she forgets you ever existed.”
A shudder ran through Delaney’s body. The words were a little unclear because his jaw was still partly unhinged, but every ounce of meaning came through loud and clear.
Ulrek threw Craig to the ground. He stepped on his leg, digging talons into his flesh. Craig screamed as they tore through the muscles and tendons. Ulrek dragged him over to a tree and picked up the knife Craig had dropped on the ground. He stabbed it through Craig’s hand and into the tree trunk. Craig screamed again.
“I’mnot going to kill you,” Ulrek said, his voice low and dangerous.
Right now, Ulrek looked and sounded exactly like the monster Delaney had thought he was when they first met. Except he washermonster. He’d come to her rescue. And that made all the difference.
“No,” Ulrek continued. “I need you alive. The coilbeast is hungry, and it's almost here. You’re the appetizer.”
Craig began crying, pleading for his life. Delaney doubted Ulrek cared. She didn’t either. Let him die. If that made her a villain too, then so be it.
Eric was trying to make a run for it, but Ulrek grabbed his blaster from his belt and shot him in the shoulder. He fell, screaming.
Ulrek turned back to Delaney. The predatory gleam was still in his eyes as he prowled toward her. Her every instinct told her to run, but Delaney held still, fighting the urge. He holstered his blaster before swooping her up into his arms. “Let’s go, my Star, before the coilbeast arrives.”
Delaney smelled the monster first, almost gagging at the stench of decay as the coilbeast crashed through the trees toward them. She gaped at the nightmare.
Coilbeasts were like giant, thick serpents with legs. They had low-slung bodies and claws that made the talons on Tallean feet look like toys. Their metallic scales acted as armor. It made them very hard to kill.
This one whomped across the ground toward them on its short, stumpy legs. The creature focused first on Eric, then on Craig. It swung its reptilian head side to side, sizing up its dinner, debating which one to eat first.
Eric and Craig both pressed their mouths shut, but it was too late. They already had the hostile beast’s attention.
Delaney’s eyes went wide. She was about to watch them be eaten, and for some awful reason, her eyes refused to close. But just as the creature attacked, Ulrek moved to block the sight with his body. Delaney only heard the screaming.
“I told you to close your eyes,” Ulrek tutted as he carried her through the forest.
“I couldn’t.” She barely recognized the tiny voice that came out as hers.
They came to a sleek silver transport and Ulrek stepped inside, closing the door behind them. The transport was spacious and had two rows of seats facing each other, with a narrow table in the middle.
He settled Delaney in her seat, then pressed a button on the table, which lowered until it was recessed in the floor. Then he knelt in front of her, his hands running up and down her body to look for injuries. His fingers touched her cheek, where a sharp rock had cut her. A low growl sounded from his chest.
She touched his hand gently. “It’s okay. I’m fine.”
His cheek crease slowly folded back into place while she watched and, curious, she reached up and ran a finger along it. That earned her another growl, and his eyes turned feral again.
