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But I didn’t have a way to contact him. And even if I did, the compound was shielded. Only authorized percomms could call out.
I’d need to sneak out.
Find him in person.
Let him take me any way he desired, to celebrate.
My heartbeat drummed in my ears as I slipped out of bed and dressed silently. The compound was still; everyone slept as I tiptoed downstairs and picked my way through shadowy corridors toward freedom. Soon I’d make Tazhr proud. And then I’d let him make me his once more…
He said he would contact me, but this was important, right?
And if the rumors were true, I knew just where to find him.
* * *
I glanceddown at my clothes, the typical ones Conii had us wear. Nothing special, a beige top and black pants.
Maybe I should have bought or stolen something else to wear before I left.
“Hi, I-”
A Dargun stepped in front of the entrance of the Fallen Star, holding the red rope in front of me. “No entrance for women unless they’re employed here.”
“Employed?”
“Dancers and waitresses only.”
“Oh!” I shook my head and grinned. “Of course, I’m sorry. I’m actually here to apply for the open position.”
The guard scanned me up and down. “You’re taking Vihanna’s place?”
“Hoping to,” I replied gently.
I tried to put on my best flirty grin, but I was unsure how well it worked. When he lifted the red ribbon, I realized I must have done a better job than I thought. “Back through the red curtains,” the Vinduthi bouncer directed.
“Red curtains.” I nodded. “Got it.”
I walked past him, eagerness surging through me as the bass entered my body through my feet on the floor. The club was packed, unsurprisingly, I realized once I saw the women dancing on stage. There were humans, Vinduthi, and even a Mondian spinning around poles under the strobe lights. They were all beautiful, graceful, and sexy, and my pride was minimized once I saw them.
These are the beings Tazhr is around all the time? Why in the seven galaxies would he want me?
I suddenly wanted to turn around and race out of that club. I felt like an idiot for even going.
I really must be out of my mind. I’m working undercover for a Vinduthi. I let him finger me in an alleyway, I could be killed for the crimes I’m committing, and I think there’s a chance that an alien has feelings for me. No. This really is insane.
I was about to turn back when a hand clamped over my mouth, and I was pulled into a hallway.Another hallway? The hand over the mouth thing again? Really? Does this Vinduthi not understand that he could say hello and ask me to come to talk to him in the hallway instead?
Apparently not. After I was dragged through another hallway and pulled into a side room, I was pressed up against a wall. Again.
Despite myself, my pulse quickened. Tazhr was in front of me, glaring at me with those golden eyes that took up so much of my headspace.
“What the fuck do you think you’re doing?” he hissed. “Are you insane coming here? To the Fallen Star?”
I tapped his hand over my mouth, keeping my expression one of dissatisfaction. He looked at it and then lifted it off my face slowly. I breathed in quickly once he broke contact with my face.
“Can’t you just tell me you want to talk? Why do you keep pulling me into strange, dark places?”
“You’re alwaysinstrange, dark places, Emma. Now tell me what you’re doing here.”
