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her eyes fall to the floor, hoping he took it as a submissive gesture.

    He laughed. “Nice act. You didn‟t expect anyone to find you at all. And you can stop
    trying to explain. I‟m not going to fall for the „I was just scared‟ story. You admitted you felt my
    presence. You knew I was Santir. That should have been enough information to know that you
    wouldn‟t be hurt.”

    Gritting her teeth, she managed to keep from yelling at him. She wished she could relive
    that moment. That one action had taken very many choices away from her. If she hadn‟t attacked
    him, there was a good chance that she could have used a little trickery and gotten away from
    them. Now she had to face the big man in a fight or submit tying herself to the thent . Even
    worse, if her guess was right, the man she‟d attacked was one of the Ardin, leaders of the thent .

    Lights blazed as men filed into the room from three doorways. The men must have been
    deep in the ruins. She hadn‟t felt anything until a moment ago. They placed small portable lights
    on the floor near the walls. Lina saw Nerisa being tugged after one man. When she saw the walls
    of this room, she no longer wondered why the Santir were here. This had once been a planet held
    by them. The walls were covered with paintings and carvings of tiron and Santir men and
    women.

    “What are you waiting for, kitten?” The big man stripped off his shirt. “Surely you don‟t
    think that I‟ll face you in this form. You‟re much too likely to be seriously hurt.”

    Lina swallowed hard. She hadn‟t given it much thought. She knew why he wanted to
    fight in tiron form, beyond the reason that he‟d stated. Instincts were much more dominant in animal form. While in tiron form, she was more likely to submit, to acknowledge the dominance of the male before she pushed him too far, before he hurt her. There was also the experience
    factor. He‟d probably fought more as a tiron than she had. Gods, how had they even known I’d be coming after Nerisa?

    She pulled apart the lapels of her brown flight suit, pausing to unbuckle her belt and let it
    fall to the ground. Slipping the fabric off her shoulders and arms, she pushed it down over her
    hips. With a glance up at him, she saw that he was already naked. His body was gorgeous. His
    skin gleamed, a rich deep brown. For a moment, she allowed herself to watch the rippling
    movement of his muscles beneath the skin. A dart of heated arousal shot through her as she took
    in his well-developed thighs and the long, thick shaft between them.

    She knelt, loosening the fastenings on her shoes and then stepped out of them and the
    one-piece suit. For a moment, she stood in her underwear. Her hands went to the front clasp of
    her bra. She tossed the filmy article on the flight suit. With a grimace, she raged at the tricks of
    fate. This was one situation she would have liked to have avoided. She pushed her panties down
    and stepped out of them.

    Her only other choice, bellying down, would mean losing the freedom that she had
    known for so long. The Gods knew that she had no real chance of defeating this big man in any
    form. Even if she did manage the feat, she suspected she would immediately be challenged by
    the dark-haired man she had seen with him on that vid. He was probably lurking somewhere
    close. Kneeling, she folded her garments, placing the belt and shoes on top and then put them out
    of the way in a corner. Turning to face the large, dark-skinned man, she transformed into a tiron .

    The man with spiral curls transformed into a large, black, heavily muscled tiron . Huge
    with a broad head, pointed ears and visible canines, he was every bit as intimidating in his feline
    form as he was in human form. His gaze locked with hers as he paced forward. Once she saw his
    size, it took every scrap of control over her instincts not to surrender and plaster her belly onto
    the floor. He would almost be chest high on her if she were still in