Venomous Hunger

Mary Auclair

Description

His lust could devour them.

Her love will free them both.

After being left for dead by her people, Aliena wakes up under the care of alien pirates. She escapes, only to be captured by a creature straight from her darkest nightmares, bent on the destruction of everything she holds dear.

An Eok warrior turned outlaw, Kamal is one to be reckoned with. He is on a mission for the Eok nation, and his only goal is to find and save the humans before he can return to his old life. He has no intention of allowing a headstrong human female to get in his way.

As Aliena embarks on a mission to rescue her uncle from Minister Knut’s clutches, Kamal is at a crossroads. If he chooses help the human, the price might well be his own life.

When the Mating Venom unleashes its torment, Kamal has to decide. Will he change his ways and claim Aliena’s heart, or is the life of an outlaw too hard to leave behind?

Publisher’s Note: This steamy, thrilling sci-fi romance is the second in the Eok Warriors series, however it can be read and enjoyed as a standalone.

Sujets

• Fantasy (canción de Mariah Carey)
• Planets
• Rough Romance
• Fate
• Alpha (ethology)
• Power exchange
• Space travel
• Mystery
• Warrior
• Dark
• Kidnapped
• Captive
• Dominant
• Discipline
• Sci-Fi
• Suspense
• Danger
• Alien
• Fantasy

Informations

• Publié par: Eclipse Press
• Date de parution: 25 mai 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781948140126
• Langue: English

Extrait

Venomous Hunger


Mary Auclair
Contents



What’s Inside


Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Epilogue


Mary Auclair
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Venomous Hunger

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What’s Inside

He had just claimed a mate. No one would dare to stand between him and the female now.
I’m sorry, Little Bird , Kamal thought through his rapidly clouding mind. I meant for you to have a choice, but it’s me or death, and I won’t suffer to see you harmed.
Aliena moved in his arms, trying to get away from him. Mating Venom trickled down his throat, pushing fire inside his bloodstream. His growl had her stiffening, and she turned wide, scared eyes to him.
Somewhere, far in the back of his mind, he realized she had no idea what he’d just done, what he was about to do, but he was too far gone.
“Turn.” His voice left his mouth, but it wasn’t his own anymore. It was the growl of some feral creature. “Don’t move.”
Aliena swallowed, and he followed the movement down the softness of her throat. Her lips were shining with moisture and she was breathing so close to his mouth. His lips curled in a silent hiss, exposing his fangs. She nodded, then turned around as his hands closed on her body, molding her to him. His seed stem throbbed against her ass through the heavy fabric as her female scent invaded his nostrils, laden with the pheromones of fear.
His need to possess her was an all-consuming ache.
Blue light cast shadows on the skin of her cheek as he brought his mouth to the back of her neck, pushing the mass of her hair away. Already, his fangs dripped with the intoxicating liquid and he used his tongue to massage it into her skin. He could feel her heartbeat, fast and frenzied, just under his tongue.
Victim to the erotic side effect of the Mating Venom, Aliena arched her back and the softest feminine moan escaped her lips.
The instinct to bite down was overwhelming, but Kamal refrained. Biting her there was dangerous, and he growled in frustration.
His talons ripped the heavy synthetic leather, exposing a graceful shoulder.
There.
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Aliena
A low buzz just at the reach of her hearing. A pinching cold on the back of her hand.
Aliena fought the heavy curtain standing between herself and the world, but her eyelids were like stone and refused to obey. The darkness was thick and sticky, refusing to relinquish its hold.
Where am I?
Memories hovered close, but as soon as one became clearer, it vanished. Tired, she was so tired, but she was done sleeping. She had to wake up. Aliena held on to her fading consciousness with desperation.
Sounds reached her ears. Something moved beside her. Steps, heavy on a hard floor, resonating around the space like in a cave, making the hair on her arms stand up.
Wherever she was, she wasn’t there alone.
Struggling against the enclosing dark, Aliena realized she wasn’t cold anymore. Instead, she basked in a comfortable warmth, enclosing each of her limbs without the confining weight of blankets or furs. The cold had been a constant companion for so long, it felt strange to be warm again. It surprised her that she hadn’t immediately noticed.
I’m not outside anymore. And I’m not alone.
She breathed, deep and slow. No cough racked her ribs, no searing pain stabbed through her lungs as they filled with oxygen.
A memory came to her, foggy and misshapen. The hunger, the cold, the long wait. The fever that ate through her bones. She was fighting for breath, cold sweat covering her brow and shivers agitating her limbs. Her body was racked with rib-cracking coughing fits, bringing up bloody phlegm that leaked out of the corner of her mouth.
Martin, wrapping her in furs and walking through the knee-deep snow to leave her atop the rocky peak for the aliens to find, despite her objections.
The wind had been so cold, it had penetrated the bear skin she was wrapped in, coiling into the folds of the furs, making her teeth chatter and the sweat freeze on her brows. She rode the waves of her fever, in and out of the slimy dark. Then he had come, lifting her from the rocks, carrying her away with hurried steps, shooting her disbelieving looks.
Yes, she knew where she was.
Fear crawled through her veins. Adrenaline spread in her body with every heartbeat. The curtain lifted on the world around her and Aliena opened her eyes. The white light sent shooting stabs up her optic nerves and she blinked the pain away furiously. She couldn’t afford not to look.
As her eyes adapted to the light, she frantically looked around the unfamiliar setting. She was in a small, all-white room, with a series of harsh round lights embedded in the ceiling and a panel of blinking lights and other equipment beside the small bed that stood in the middle of the space. A word came to her and she knew it was right.
Medical pod. I’m in a medical pod.
Her already fear-filled mind almost exploded with crazed panic. She was in a medical pod aboard the aliens’ ship. The same aliens who had tracked her village and forced its inhabitants to flee their homes in the heart of winter. The same aliens who had enslaved her entire people hundreds of years ago and forced them to live their lives in the confines of a breeding facility.
The same aliens who had captured her cousin, Rose. Martin had been wrong to leave Aliena out to be discovered. The aliens might have cured her, but what awaited her here was a thousand times worse than death. She was going to be sold to the highest bidder—like a luxury pet—to some fabulously rich alien somewhere in the far reaches of the Ring, the intergalactic government that also controlled Earth. It was a hopeless life, a life without life inside it.
Tears came to her eyes, but anger gave her courage to hold on to consciousness. She wasn’t going to be so easily defeated. Her gaze wandered and found the other occupant in the room.
At her side was a tall figure, his slim back turned to her. The creature was definitively not human, with chalky gray skin and too long, sinuous limbs. His long, black, shiny hair was tied at his nape, showing two pointed ears. He fidgeted with strange medical equipment, lined in precise order on a steel table in front of him. As she turned her head, a sharp pain behind her ear made her wince.
She inhaled sharply, and realized her mistake when the creature’s back stiffened. Turning her head on the pillow, she squeezed her eyes closed, not wanting to betray her awakened state.
Aliena lay still, not moving a muscle as hot, acrid breath brushed her face. She resisted the urge to turn her head away.
“Are you awake?” The creature’s voice was high-pitched and nasal.
A few moments passed in still terror as the creature breathed close to her neck. A hand flattened on her stomach, with long, bony fingers digging into her flesh. A jolt of revulsion traveled along Aliena’s skin but still she didn’t move. Whatever the creature wanted, it was more likely to be emboldened if she woke.
“You’re quite the sight, I have to give you that.” The words came—so close, the creature’s lips could have touched her ears. “I bet that sweet hole of yours is worth every unit it costs.”
A hand closed around her right breast, fingers digging into the delicate flesh.
Aliena was too shocked to stop herself from opening her eyes. She met the light pinkish-purple stare of the creature, his vertical pupils shrinking and dilating as he watched her reaction to his touch closely. The creature—no doubt a male—smiled, and the motion stretched his thin lips, revealing a series of small, wickedly pointed teeth. His vertical pupils retracted to fine lines as he stared into her eyes.
“A human female.” His smile broadened and turned cruel as he squeezed her breast. “You’re lucky to be alive after the state we found you in.”
“Take your fucking hand off me!” Aliena stirred, relieved to reali